National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
2,876,475 1
Urban
67.70% 1
Rural
32.30% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
4.7% 2
Homicides
5.98 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
38 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
25 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.61 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.50% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
73 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.82% 5
Internet Users
72% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$15,430 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
1.0% 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
2,128,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
80.21
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
16,617
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
972
First Communions per Year
19,273
Confirmations per Year
11,985
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
10,734
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
83,094
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
487
Church Marriages per Year
4,878
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
4,746
Priests
781
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
509
Catholics per Priest
2,725
Parishes
710
Catholic Hospitals
3
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
28