National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
3,503,554 1
Urban
48.20% 1
Rural
51.80% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.9% 2
Homicides
1.50 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
83 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
83 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.25 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.50% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
77 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
98.26% 6
Internet Users
61% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$4,760 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.1% 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
400,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
11.50
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
3,250
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
53
First Communions per Year
3,191
Confirmations per Year
3,372
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
2,281
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
1,646
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
104
Church Marriages per Year
1,202
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
1,175
Priests
608
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
484
Catholics per Priest
657
Parishes
304
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
9