National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
16,863,425 1
Urban
63.80% 1
Rural
36.20% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.4% 2
Level of Public Corruption
120 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
40 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.51 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
76 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
91.85% 6
Internet Users
43% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$6,090 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
4.4% 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
15,240,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
86.99
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
125,308
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
23,307
First Communions per Year
128,315
Confirmations per Year
117,374
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
195,610
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
133,657
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
83,871
Church Marriages per Year
10,110
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
10,002
Priests
2,131
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
4,185
Catholics per Priest
7,152
Parishes
1,285
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
558
Catholic Hospitals
26
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
47