National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
782,225 1
Urban
26.60% 1
Rural
73.40% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.0% 2
Homicides
19.42 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
108 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
2.53 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
3.90% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
66 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
84.99% 6
Internet Users
37% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$3,940 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
53,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
6.87
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
340
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
66
First Communions per Year
230
Confirmations per Year
110
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
386
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
374
Church Marriages per Year
54
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
31
Priests
42
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
57
Catholics per Priest
1,260
Parishes
24
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
94
Catholic Hospitals
1
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
9