National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
12,919,053 1
Urban
19.60% 1
Rural
80.40% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
6.7% 2
Level of Public Corruption
175 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.94 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
9.30% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
56 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
26.83% 6
Internet Users
16% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$970 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
6,958,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
52.37
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
76,953
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
10,397
First Communions per Year
12,577
Confirmations per Year
9,067
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
60,866
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
10,950
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
2,481
Church Marriages per Year
194
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
156
Priests
274
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
218
Catholics per Priest
25,394
Parishes
124
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
568
Catholic Hospitals
10
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
12