National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
18,284,407 1
Urban
54.20% 1
Rural
45.80% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
4.7% 2
Level of Public Corruption
173 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
142 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.90 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.30% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
70 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
85.53% 6
Internet Users
28% 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
1.7% 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
192,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
1.02
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
1,559
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
95
First Communions per Year
1,732
Confirmations per Year
1,655
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
5,247
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
2,570
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
194
Church Marriages per Year
775
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
466
Priests
214
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
247
Catholics per Priest
897
Parishes
200
Catholic Hospitals
9
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
17
