National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
1,189,085 1
Urban
66.80% 1
Rural
33.20% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
16.8% 2
Homicides
1.29 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
47 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
84 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.44 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.30% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
80 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
98.68% 5
Internet Users
69% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$26,370 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
38,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
4.43
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
97
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
3
First Communions per Year
40
Confirmations per Year
50
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
875
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
632
Church Marriages per Year
77
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
56
Priests
52
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
45
Catholics per Priest
734
Parishes
16
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
6