National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
10,291,196 1
Urban
65.20% 1
Rural
34.80% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
8.1% 2
Homicides
0.97 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
31 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.25 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.40% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
81 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
94.48% 6
Internet Users
65% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$21,360 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
9,048,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
87.88
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
50,044
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
5,679
First Communions per Year
43,997
Confirmations per Year
38,327
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
30,904
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
19,272
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
14,843
Church Marriages per Year
14,943
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
14,626
Priests
3,318
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
3,974
Catholics per Priest
2,727
Parishes
4,410
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
1
Catholic Hospitals
57
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
960