National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
38,104,832 1
Urban
60.10% 1
Rural
39.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.6% 2
Homicides
0.74 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
29 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
38 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.35 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.50% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
78 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.76% 5
Internet Users
67% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$13,690 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.0% 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
37,020,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
97.60
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
327,168
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
3,001
First Communions per Year
286,735
Confirmations per Year
333,739
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
79,366
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
56,603
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
87,962
Church Marriages per Year
97,880
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
95,948
Priests
29,741
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
18,271
Catholics per Priest
1,245
Parishes
10,391
Catholic Hospitals
60
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
183
In the Journal of Global Catholicism