 Population by sex and age according to the 2002 census

Approximately 90% of the population of Asunción professes Catholicism.The Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción covers an area of including the city and surrounding area and has a total population of 1,780,000 of whom 1,612,000 are Catholic.The Catholic Archbishop is Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R.