National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
9,541,615 1
Urban
86.50% 1
Rural
13.50% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
88.4% 2
Homicides
0.66 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
24 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
124 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.77 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.70% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
77 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
90.03% 6
Internet Users
90% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$44,600 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
875,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
8.78
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
1,567
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
129
First Communions per Year
1,573
Confirmations per Year
878
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
10,934
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
5,102
Church Marriages per Year
329
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
270
Priests
68
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
43
Catholics per Priest
12,868
Parishes
9
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
15