National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
11,489,082 1
Urban
77.00% 1
Rural
23.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.1% 2
Level of Public Corruption
60 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
27 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.61 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.60% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
80 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.75% 5
Internet Users
30% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$5,880 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
6,713,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
60.00
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
37,609
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
3,139
First Communions per Year
2,386
Confirmations per Year
1,734
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
400
Church Marriages per Year
605
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
544
Priests
336
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
508
Catholics per Priest
19,980
Parishes
298
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
1,612
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
11