National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
6,284,757 1
Urban
58.50% 1
Rural
41.50% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.7% 2
Level of Public Corruption
145 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
10 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.23 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
75 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
78.00% 6
Internet Users
18% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,870 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
10.8% 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
5,876,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
89.07
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
55,556
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
8,742
First Communions per Year
34,809
Confirmations per Year
27,049
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
46,687
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
23,844
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
15,918
Church Marriages per Year
4,722
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
4,679
Priests
686
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
832
Catholics per Priest
8,566
Parishes
391
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
630
Catholic Hospitals
3
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
12