National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
22,311,375 1
Urban
16.40% 1
Rural
83.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.0% 2
Level of Public Corruption
101 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
7.57 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
9.60% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
62 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
15.46% 5
Internet Users
2% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$410 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
50.3% 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
24,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.11
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
209
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
323
First Communions per Year
285
Confirmations per Year
382
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
7,402
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
3,940
Church Marriages per Year
96
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
75
Priests
61
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
88
Catholics per Priest
399
Parishes
25