National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
208,818 1
Urban
72.80% 1
Rural
27.20% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.3% 2
Level of Public Corruption
62 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.52 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
4.70% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
67 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
69.54% 6
Internet Users
24% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,670 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
33.9% 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
110,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
52.38
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
627
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
423
First Communions per Year
423
Confirmations per Year
244
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
724
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
921
Church Marriages per Year
44
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
44
Priests
15
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
27
Catholics per Priest
7,333
Parishes
14
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
49
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
8