National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
10,882,996 1
Urban
81.10% 1
Rural
18.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
3.9% 2
Level of Public Corruption
120 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
97 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.45 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
3.10% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
74 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
89.54% 6
Internet Users
50% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$6,040 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
2.3% 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
9,941,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
95.14
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
49,413
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
22,203
First Communions per Year
30,990
Confirmations per Year
29,920
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
113,275
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
100,568
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
85,809
Church Marriages per Year
4,876
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
4,826
Priests
1,140
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,824
Catholics per Priest
8,720
Parishes
709
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
452
Catholic Hospitals
17
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
41