National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
11,142,161 1
Urban
79.10% 1
Rural
20.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
11.3% 2
Homicides
0.85 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
69 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
92 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.31 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.50% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
81 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
97.47% 5
Internet Users
63% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$22,680 5
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
133,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
1.22
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
305
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
138
First Communions per Year
370
Confirmations per Year
405
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
1,436
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
1,125
Church Marriages per Year
201
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
130
Priests
92
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
77
Catholics per Priest
1,441
Parishes
77
Catholic Hospitals
1
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
5