National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
5,791,901 1
Urban
100.00% 1
Rural
0.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
45.4% 2
Homicides
0.25 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
7 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
55 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.24 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.30% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
83 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
95.86% 5
Internet Users
82% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$55,150 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
156,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
2.74
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
1,123
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
1,265
First Communions per Year
1,612
Confirmations per Year
1,875
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
23,756
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
19,717
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
1,722
Church Marriages per Year
599
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
272
Priests
161
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
166
Catholics per Priest
966
Parishes
29
Catholic Hospitals
1
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
4