For the United States Territory of Guam, see the articles listed separately in recognition of Guam’s particular history and cultural identity.
National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
326,766,748 1
Urban
82.30% 1
Rural
17.70% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
14.5% 2
Homicides
4.88 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
18 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
45 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.88 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.70% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
79 years 6
Internet Users
87% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$55,200 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
74,217,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
22.54
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
515,555
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
59,004
First Communions per Year
529,872
Confirmations per Year
485,523
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
987,267
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
535,258
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
1,207,629
Church Marriages per Year
110,619
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
89,321
Priests
37,434
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
39,912
Catholics per Priest
1,983
Parishes
16,722
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
1,115
Catholic Hospitals
543
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
996
