National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
4,953,199 1
Urban
79.30% 1
Rural
20.70% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
8.8% 2
Homicides
11.77 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
41 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
32 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.80 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.00% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
80 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
97.41% 6
Internet Users
49% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$10,120 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
1.7% 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
4,081,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
79.85
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
22,326
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
1,761
First Communions per Year
21,985
Confirmations per Year
19,371
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
6,684
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
9,396
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
1,840
Church Marriages per Year
3,755
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
3,472
Priests
810
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
862
Catholics per Priest
5,038
Parishes
296
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
602
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
12