National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
568,301 1
Urban
66.10% 1
Rural
33.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
8.6% 2
Homicides
10.68 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
95 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.34 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.10% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
71 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
94.68% 6
Internet Users
40% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$9,950 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
162,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
24.23
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
749
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
292
First Communions per Year
695
Confirmations per Year
694
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
13,210
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
3,019
Church Marriages per Year
47
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
31
Priests
20
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
9
Catholics per Priest
8,105
Parishes
48
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
87
Catholic Hospitals
1
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
3