National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
13,052,608 1
Urban
36.10% 1
Rural
63.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.8% 2
Homicides
8.46 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
173 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
142 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
4.93 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
9.40% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
59 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
25.31% 5
Internet Users
2% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$470 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
35.3% 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
305,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
2.43
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
1,568
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
2,986
First Communions per Year
1,638
Confirmations per Year
1,877
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
21,836
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
5,726
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
973
Church Marriages per Year
476
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
367
Priests
181
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
140
Catholics per Priest
1,684
Parishes
76
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
73
Catholic Hospitals
2