National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
2,694,849 1
Urban
99.10% 1
Rural
0.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
75.5% 2
Homicides
8.10 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
31 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
119 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
2.01 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.80% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
78 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
96.28% 5
Internet Users
91% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$92,200 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
350,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
12.36
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
485
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
6
First Communions per Year
862
Confirmations per Year
269
Church Marriages per Year
47
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
37
Priests
9
Catholics per Priest
38,911
Parishes
1