National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
6,470,956 1
Urban
80.10% 1
Rural
19.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
12.3% 2
Homicides
2.49 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
170 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
2.43 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.30% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
72 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
90.26% 5
Internet Users
18% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$7,820 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
16,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.23
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
50
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
15
First Communions per Year
15
Confirmations per Year
26
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
76
Church Marriages per Year
4
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
4
Priests
4
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
8
Catholics per Priest
4,058
Parishes
6
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
4