National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
19,751,651 1
Urban
29.40% 1
Rural
70.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
3.9% 2
Level of Public Corruption
72 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
123 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
5.44 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
8.90% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
59 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
28.73% 5
Internet Users
9% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$700 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
55.3% 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
3,249,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
15.10
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
56,169
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
61,209
First Communions per Year
47,319
Confirmations per Year
56,820
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
55,248
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
51,553
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
5,635
Church Marriages per Year
13,310
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
8,923
Priests
1,218
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,611
Catholics per Priest
2,667
Parishes
215
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
436
Catholic Hospitals
8
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
7
In the Journal of Global Catholicism