National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
2,333,201 1
Urban
69.40% 1
Rural
30.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
7.1% 2
Level of Public Corruption
35 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
54 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.80 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
4.40% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
65 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
87.32% 6
Internet Users
19% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$7,240 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
18.2% 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
116,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
4.82
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
422
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
306
First Communions per Year
414
Confirmations per Year
138
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
4,106
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
3,632
Church Marriages per Year
212
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
98
Priests
71
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
81
Catholics per Priest
1,630
Parishes
44
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
86
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
1