National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
16,913,261 1
Urban
32.20% 1
Rural
67.80% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.6% 2
Level of Public Corruption
154 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
56 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
3.86 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
7.10% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
59 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
83.58% 6
Internet Users
20% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$840 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
2,069,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
13.37
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
8,554
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
10,303
First Communions per Year
6,109
Confirmations per Year
8,316
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
89,497
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
51,982
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
4,442
Church Marriages per Year
1,155
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
966
Priests
597
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,067
Catholics per Priest
3,465
Parishes
267
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
2,230
Catholic Hospitals
38
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
6