National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
5,187,948 1
Urban
40.10% 1
Rural
59.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.3% 2
Homicides
7.46 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
164 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.21 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
4.70% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
64 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
71.60% 6
Internet Users
1% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$480 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
169,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
3.88
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
3,492
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
210
First Communions per Year
2,068
Confirmations per Year
2,075
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
13,930
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
6,250
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
300
Church Marriages per Year
411
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
361
Priests
517
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
859
Catholics per Priest
327
Parishes
155
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
70
Catholic Hospitals
9