National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
285,859 1
Urban
61.80% 1
Rural
38.20% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
10.6% 2
- 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
117,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
40.07
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
1,038
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
193
First Communions per Year
571
Confirmations per Year
991
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
3,557
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
6,579
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
282
Church Marriages per Year
236
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
173
Priests
33
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
39
Catholics per Priest
3,541
Parishes
83
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
3