National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
57,398,421 1
Urban
66.40% 1
Rural
33.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
5.8% 2
Homicides
34.27 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
64 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
15 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.34 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
4.10% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
58 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
92.88% 6
Internet Users
49% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$6,800 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
16.6% 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
3,974,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
6.67
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
28,400
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
11,907
First Communions per Year
17,101
Confirmations per Year
8,477
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
75,163
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
71,834
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
2,791
Church Marriages per Year
2,174
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
1,223
Priests
1,226
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,918
Catholics per Priest
3,241
Parishes
829
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
1,527
Catholic Hospitals
2
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
52