National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
7,990,926 1
Urban
41.70% 1
Rural
58.30% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
3.8% 2
Homicides
9.14 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
116 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Fertility Rate
4.51 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
7.80% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
60 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
60.41% 5
Internet Users
6% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$570 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
54.2% 5
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
2,126,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
27.27
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
15,243
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
15,557
First Communions per Year
24,978
Confirmations per Year
16,353
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
113,034
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
39,400
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
1,689
Church Marriages per Year
1,355
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
1,221
Priests
1,058
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,149
Catholics per Priest
2,009
Parishes
295
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
1,566
Catholic Hospitals
12
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
4