National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
24,772,247 1
Urban
86.00% 1
Rural
14.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
28.2% 2
Homicides
0.98 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
13 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
46 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.89 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
85% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$64,540 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
7,032,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
27.32
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
40,541
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
3,686
First Communions per Year
41,533
Confirmations per Year
42,455
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
391,976
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
356,634
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
42,180
Church Marriages per Year
5,838
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
4,065
Priests
2,866
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
4,330
Catholics per Priest
2,454
Parishes
1,355
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
3
Catholic Hospitals
79
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
377