National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
96,491,146 1
Urban
35.90% 1
Rural
64.10% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.1% 2
Level of Public Corruption
113 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
65 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.96 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
76 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
93.52% 6
Internet Users
48% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,890 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
3.2% 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
7,173,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
7.35
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
140,375
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
34,579
First Communions per Year
108,387
Confirmations per Year
105,910
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
5,523
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
4,360
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
1,565
Church Marriages per Year
58,783
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
51,439
Priests
6,522
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
24,895
Catholics per Priest
1,100
Parishes
3,332
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
450
Catholic Hospitals
42
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
144