National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
5,399,895 1
Urban
66.90% 1
Rural
33.10% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
8.5% 2
Homicides
10.08 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
159 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.81 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
4.50% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
63 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
79.31% 6
Internet Users
7% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$2,720 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
28.7% 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
2,888,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
52.81
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
6,848
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
7,767
First Communions per Year
9,690
Confirmations per Year
6,614
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
40,705
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
15,228
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
7,624
Church Marriages per Year
377
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
330
Priests
610
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
470
Catholics per Priest
4,735
Parishes
198
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
222
Catholic Hospitals
6
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
5