National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
26,262,810 1
Urban
37.20% 1
Rural
62.80% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.1% 2
Level of Public Corruption
145 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
60 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
4.35 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
5.00% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
66 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
64.48% 6
Internet Users
4% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$440 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
81.8% 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
8,838,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
32.22
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
120,297
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
48,531
First Communions per Year
117,503
Confirmations per Year
64,084
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
416,084
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
208,432
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
26,624
Church Marriages per Year
19,624
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
14,979
Priests
1,974
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
5,667
Catholics per Priest
4,477
Parishes
478
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
8,165
Catholic Hospitals
26
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
29