National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
1,268,315 1
Urban
40.80% 1
Rural
59.20% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.2% 2
Level of Public Corruption
50 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
113 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.45 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.40% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
75 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
89.25% 5
Internet Users
41% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$9,630 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.5% 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
372,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
28.18
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
3,080
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
277
First Communions per Year
4,692
Confirmations per Year
4,550
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
17,712
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
12,520
Church Marriages per Year
382
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
315
Priests
99
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
171
Catholics per Priest
3,756
Parishes
48
Catholic Hospitals
1
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
7