National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
1,907,268 1
Urban
43.40% 1
Rural
56.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.2% 2
Homicides
9.17 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
168 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.76 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
9.30% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
55 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
57.80% 6
Internet Users
3% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$550 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
67.1% 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
214,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
11.23
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
297
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
2,916
First Communions per Year
435
Confirmations per Year
271
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
20,807
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
8,988
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
533
Church Marriages per Year
30
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
23
Priests
95
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
165
Catholics per Priest
2,254
Parishes
41
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
22
Catholic Hospitals
5