Puerto Rico

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    3,659,007 1
    Urban
    93.6% 1
    Rural
    6.4% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    8.6% 2
    Homicides
    19.41 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
    Internet Users
    85% 6
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
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    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
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    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
    2,706,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    84.69
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    7,677
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    1,111
    First Communions per Year
    9,106
    Confirmations per Year
    7,841
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    10,356
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    8,121
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    28,463
    Church Marriages per Year
    2,597
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    2,339
    Priests
    533
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    857
    Catholics per Priest
    5,077
    Parishes
    331
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    228
    Catholic Hospitals
    12
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    23