National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
553,335 1
Urban
65.70% 1
Rural
34.30% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.6% 2
Homicides
5.93 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
145 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
85 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
4.63 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
8.80% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
56 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
71.29% 6
Internet Users
11% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,350 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
29.3% 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
593,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
90.90
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
5,366
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
2,711
First Communions per Year
4,516
Confirmations per Year
2,833
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
3,225
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
2,967
Church Marriages per Year
220
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
220
Priests
72
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
193
Catholics per Priest
8,241
Parishes
42
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
1