National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
32,381,221 1
Urban
88.20% 1
Rural
11.80% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
4.5% 2
Homicides
57.15 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
166 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
74 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.34 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.50% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
74 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
94.77% 6
Internet Users
57% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$12,500 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
9.2% 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
28,506,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
87.81
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
226,898
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
31,148
First Communions per Year
137,321
Confirmations per Year
109,375
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
300,224
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
135,662
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
41,668
Church Marriages per Year
12,838
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
12,750
Priests
2,689
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
2,589
Catholics per Priest
10,601
Parishes
1,495
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
423
Catholic Hospitals
11
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
70