National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
50,950,879 1
Urban
27.00% 1
Rural
73.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.4% 2
Homicides
5.75 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
145 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
63 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
4.26 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
4.90% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
62 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
72.16% 6
Internet Users
43% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,290 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
33.6% 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
16,467,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
31.83
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
186,945
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
178,711
First Communions per Year
115,217
Confirmations per Year
150,194
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
2,237,939
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
932,782
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
36,849
Church Marriages per Year
24,967
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
20,690
Priests
3,644
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
7,982
Catholics per Priest
4,519
Parishes
1,131
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
6,353
Catholic Hospitals
97
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
145