National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
143,964,709 1
Urban
74.40% 1
Rural
25.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
8.1% 2
Homicides
11.31 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
131 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
75 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.70 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.00% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
70 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.68% 5
Internet Users
71% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$13,220 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
798,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
1.47
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
603
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
403
First Communions per Year
625
Confirmations per Year
670
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
224
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
50
Church Marriages per Year
319
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
172
Priests
243
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
264
Catholics per Priest
7,945
Parishes
213
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
30
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
5