National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
1,313,894 1
Urban
72.10% 1
Rural
27.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.3% 2
Homicides
3.21 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
171 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.75 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
9.40% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
58 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
94.77% 6
Internet Users
19% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$10,210 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
1,088,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
74.78
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
9,730
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
877
First Communions per Year
4,820
Confirmations per Year
2,089
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
10,834
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
7,851
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
112
Church Marriages per Year
110
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
109
Priests
234
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
181
Catholics per Priest
4,650
Parishes
94
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
544
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
3