National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
32,042,458 1
Urban
76.00% 1
Rural
24.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
8.3% 2
Level of Public Corruption
55 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
106 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.93 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.70% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
75 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
93.12% 6
Internet Users
68% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$11,120 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.3% 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
1,275,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
3.90
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
9,290
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
9,385
First Communions per Year
11,546
Confirmations per Year
14,513
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
78,870
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
65,178
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
69
Church Marriages per Year
4,814
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
3,459
Priests
312
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
488
Catholics per Priest
4,086
Parishes
158
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
1,314
Catholic Hospitals
3
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
11