National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
30,528,673 1
Urban
36.00% 1
Rural
64.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.8% 2
Level of Public Corruption
142 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
21 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
5.30 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
7.90% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
55 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
50.58% 6
Internet Users
6% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$600 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
68.7% 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
8,543,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
28.41
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
72,118
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
137,532
First Communions per Year
56,391
Confirmations per Year
37,923
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
71,577
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
61,088
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
17,106
Church Marriages per Year
14,926
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
13,044
Priests
698
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,275
Catholics per Priest
12,239
Parishes
360
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
813
Catholic Hospitals
24
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
14