Colombia

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
49,464,683 1
Urban
80.80% 1
Rural
19.20% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.3% 2
Homicides
26.50 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
90 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
39 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.88 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.60% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
74 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
93.37% 6
Internet Users
53% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$7,970 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
6.1% 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.

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
47,147,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
93.60
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
407,010
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
49,652
First Communions per Year
310,274
Confirmations per Year
250,037
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
243,166
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
328,484
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
243,312
Church Marriages per Year
46,500
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
46,039
Priests
9,913
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
12,405
Catholics per Priest
4,756
Parishes
4,535
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
242
Catholic Hospitals
91
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
346