National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
53,855,735 1
Urban
30.60% 1
Rural
69.40% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.1% 2
Homicides
2.42 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
136 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
2.18 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.00% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
66 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
92.79% 5
Internet Users
1% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,270 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
707,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
1.29
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
13,749
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
2,031
First Communions per Year
9,775
Confirmations per Year
8,029
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
1,705
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
1,264
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
544
Church Marriages per Year
3,564
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
3,014
Priests
1,007
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
2,027
Catholics per Priest
702
Parishes
420
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
150
Catholic Hospitals
11
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
11