National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
1,324,094 1
Urban
30.60% 1
Rural
69.40% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.9% 2
Level of Public Corruption
101 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
125 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
5.62 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
5.30% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
69 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
58.31% 6
Internet Users
1% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$2,680 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
46.8% 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
1,360,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
96.26
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
23,321
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
3,620
First Communions per Year
18,720
Confirmations per Year
10,985
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
34,108
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
28,411
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
1,309
Church Marriages per Year
2,420
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
2,409
Priests
288
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
797
Catholics per Priest
4,724
Parishes
65
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
168
Catholic Hospitals
1
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
3