National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
9,452,113 1
Urban
78.60% 1
Rural
21.40% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
11.4% 2
Level of Public Corruption
79 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
30 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.62 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.50% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
71 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.62% 5
Internet Users
59% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$7,340 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.0% 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
1,446,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
14.93
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
5,454
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
130
First Communions per Year
4,897
Confirmations per Year
1,409
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
61
Church Marriages per Year
1,583
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
990
Priests
479
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
257
Catholics per Priest
3,019
Parishes
504
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
1