National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
84,004,989 1
Urban
44.50% 1
Rural
55.50% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.7% 2
Homicides
13.36 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
156 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
5.91 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
9.80% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
59 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
75.02% 6
Internet Users
3% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$380 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
77.2% 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
49,977,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
49.11
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
326,297
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
265,250
First Communions per Year
336,630
Confirmations per Year
226,427
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
4,830,488
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
1,505,746
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
91,396
Church Marriages per Year
29,768
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
28,644
Priests
5,976
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
10,186
Catholics per Priest
8,363
Parishes
1,601
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
8,227
Catholic Hospitals
450
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
95