National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
832,347 1
Urban
29.00% 1
Rural
71.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.6% 2
Homicides
7.60 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
153 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.42 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
7.40% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
64 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
76.55% 5
Internet Users
7% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$790 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
13.5% 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
7,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.57
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
9
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
15
First Communions per Year
17
Confirmations per Year
10
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
270
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
350
Church Marriages per Year
1
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
1
Priests
5
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
13
Catholics per Priest
1,305
Parishes
5
Catholic Hospitals
2
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
1