National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
1,566,993 1
Urban
89.30% 1
Rural
10.70% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
51.1% 2
Level of Public Corruption
70 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
131 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
2.04 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.60% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
77 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
94.56% 5
Internet Users
91% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$21,060 5
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
161,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
10.93
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
145
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
4
First Communions per Year
10
Confirmations per Year
14
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
728
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
328
Church Marriages per Year
11
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
9
Priests
20
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
7
Catholics per Priest
8,045
Parishes
2