National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
1,929,938 1
Urban
68.10% 1
Rural
31.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
13.4% 2
Homicides
4.11 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
44 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
18 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.51 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.80% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
74 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.90% 5
Internet Users
76% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$15,280 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
1.4% 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
376,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
19.69
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
3,437
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
468
First Communions per Year
1,739
Confirmations per Year
1,236
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
363
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
56
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
59
Church Marriages per Year
791
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
616
Priests
157
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
106
Catholics per Priest
2,393
Parishes
254
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
9
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
1