Life expectancy Source: UN Other demographic statistics Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022. One birth every 1 minutes One death every 8 minutes One net migrant every 58 minutes Net gain of one person every 2 minutes The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise indicated. Population 13,173,730 (2022 est.) 12,187,400 (July 2018 est.) 11,901,484 (July 2017 est.) Religions Protestant 57.7% (includes Adventist 12.6%), Roman Catholic 38.2%, Muslim 2.1%, other 1% (includes traditional, Jehovah's Witness), none 1.1% (2019-20 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 39.95% (male 2,564,893/female 2,513,993) 15-24 years: 20.1% (male 1,280,948/female 1,273,853) 25-54 years: 33.06% (male 2,001,629/female 2,201,132) 55-64 years: 4.24% (male 241,462/female 298,163) 65 years and over: 2.65% (2020 est.) (male 134,648/female 201,710) 0–14 years: 40.98% (male 2,521,169 / female 2,473,055) 15–24 years: 19.45% (male 1,187,249 / female 1,183,278) 25–54 years: 32.93% (male 1,903,087 / female 2,109,839) 55–64 years: 4.15% (male 225,273 / female 280,545) 65 years and over: 2.49% (male 120,952 / female 182,953) (2018 est.) Birth rate 26.44 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 42nd 29.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 39th Death rate 5.86 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 166th 6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 154th Total fertility rate 3.33 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 42nd 3.75 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 41st Population growth rate 1.74% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 53rd 2.3% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 34th 2.45% (2017 est.) Median age total: 19.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 199th male: 18.9 years female: 20.4 years (2020 est.) total: 19.2 years. Country comparison to the world: 200th male: 18.5 years female: 20 years (2018 est.) Total: 19 years Male: 18.3 years Female: 19.8 years (2017 est.) Mother's mean age at first birth 23 years (2019/20 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 Contraceptive prevalence rate 53.2% (2014/15) Net migration rate -3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 182nd 0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 68th Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 77.3 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 72.4 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 5 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 20.1 (2015 est.) Urbanization urban population: 17.7% of total population (2022) rate of urbanization: 3.07% annual rate of