National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
51,164,435 1
Urban
81.50% 1
Rural
18.50% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.6% 2
Level of Public Corruption
52 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
116 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.29 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.30% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
82 years 6
Internet Users
84% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$27,090 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
5,841,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
11.28
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
12,083
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
59,408
First Communions per Year
13,882
Confirmations per Year
32,122
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
3,686
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
32,321
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
52,584
Church Marriages per Year
11,538
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
4,638
Priests
4,889
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
8,828
Catholics per Priest
1,195
Parishes
1,842
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
402
Catholic Hospitals
42
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
569