National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
65,233,271 1
Urban
80.40% 1
Rural
19.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
12.1% 2
Homicides
1.58 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
23 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
17 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
2.00 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.40% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
82 years 5
Internet Users
84% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$42,960 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
48,800,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
74.93
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
155,839
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
17,461
First Communions per Year
80,094
Confirmations per Year
36,329
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
605,761
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
1,166,995
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
92,289
Church Marriages per Year
36,916
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
30,831
Priests
14,263
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
21,478
Catholics per Priest
3,421
Parishes
13,577
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
413
Catholic Hospitals
29
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
356
