National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
7,719,729 1
Urban
42.10% 1
Rural
57.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.4% 2
Homicides
1.92 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
123 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.52 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
12.00% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
51 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
45.65% 6
Internet Users
2% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$700 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
52.3% 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
337,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
4.17
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
1,009
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
1,996
First Communions per Year
2,085
Confirmations per Year
1,324
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
281,057
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
79,059
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
3,380
Church Marriages per Year
234
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
130
Priests
185
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
113
Catholics per Priest
1,824
Parishes
71
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
321
Catholic Hospitals
8
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
2