National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
179,667 1
Urban
18.70% 1
Rural
81.30% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
6.9% 2
Level of Public Corruption
35 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
1.87 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.40% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
75 years 5
Internet Users
51% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$7,260 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
128,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
69.60
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
600
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
55
First Communions per Year
760
Confirmations per Year
280
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
5,085
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
1,302
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
1
Church Marriages per Year
71
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
65
Priests
35
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
36
Catholics per Priest
3,651
Parishes
22
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
4