National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
289,763 1
Urban
85.30% 1
Rural
14.70% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
39.5% 2
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
213,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
70.30
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
868
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
285
First Communions per Year
757
Confirmations per Year
681
Church Marriages per Year
72
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
70
Priests
46
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
24
Catholics per Priest
4,640
Parishes
27
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
6
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
1