National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
8,544,034 1
Urban
73.80% 1
Rural
26.20% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
29.4% 2
Homicides
0.69 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
5 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
11 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.55 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.40% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
83 years 6
Internet Users
87% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$88,120 6
- 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
- 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
- 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
- 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
- 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
- 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
Catholic Demographics
These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.
Baptized Catholics
3,516,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
40.81
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
14,020
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
950
First Communions per Year
20,706
Confirmations per Year
14,951
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
1,485
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
5,590
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
665
Church Marriages per Year
2,116
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
1,560
Priests
2,040
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
4,150
Catholics per Priest
1,724
Parishes
1,619
Catholic Hospitals
2
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
21