National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
130,759,074 1
Urban
80.20% 1
Rural
19.80% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.9% 2
Homicides
16.35 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
123 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
66 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
2.21 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.30% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
77 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
93.07% 5
Internet Users
44% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$9,870 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
2.7% 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
116,641,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
91.27
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
1,400,316
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
137,394
First Communions per Year
1,111,562
Confirmations per Year
1,023,547
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
498,375
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
393,230
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
243,729
Church Marriages per Year
182,117
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
178,200
Priests
17,311
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
25,109
Catholics per Priest
6,738
Parishes
7,648
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
2,735
Catholic Hospitals
135
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
361
