Nicaragua

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    6,284,757 1
    Urban
    58.50% 1
    Rural
    41.50% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    0.7% 2
    Level of Public Corruption
    145 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
    Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
    10 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
    Fertility Rate
    2.23 births per adult woman 5
    Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
    2.20% 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    75 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    78.00% 5
    Internet Users
    18% 5
    Gross National Income per Capita
    US$1,870 5
    Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
    10.8% 5

    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
    5,876,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    89.07
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    55,556
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    8,742
    First Communions per Year
    34,809
    Confirmations per Year
    27,049
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    46,687
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    23,844
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    15,918
    Church Marriages per Year
    4,722
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    4,679
    Priests
    686
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    832
    Catholics per Priest
    8,566
    Parishes
    391
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    630
    Catholic Hospitals
    3
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    12
    • 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 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
    • 6 Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
    • 7 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.