National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
4,749,598 1
Urban
86.50% 1
Rural
13.50% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
23.0% 2
Level of Public Corruption
1 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
9 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.02 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.60% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
82 years 6
Internet Users
86% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$41,070 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
547,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
10.76
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
3,349
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
1,053
First Communions per Year
3,516
Confirmations per Year
3,615
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
35,839
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
30,439
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
294
Church Marriages per Year
464
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
263
Priests
434
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
601
Catholics per Priest
1,260
Parishes
199
Catholic Hospitals
7
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
16