Religion & community impact
🇦🇫 Afghanistan — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
0% → 1%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
99.3% → 99%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▼ -0.3%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.7% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +3.3%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 0% | 99.3% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% |
| 1950 | 0% | 99.5% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| 1955 | 0% | 99.2% | 0% | 0% | 0.8% |
| 1960 | 0% | 97.8% | 0% | 0% | 2.2% |
| 1965 | 0.1% | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| 1970 | 0.1% | 98.9% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | 91.2% | 0% | 6% | 2.8% |
| 1980 | 0% | 97% | 0% | 0.7% | 2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.1% | 97.1% | 0% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| 1990 | 0% | 97.1% | 0% | 0.7% | 2.2% |
| 1995 | 0% | 96.8% | 0% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 0% | 97.5% | 0% | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | 98.1% | 0% | 0.5% | 1.3% |
| 2010 | 1% | 99% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 1% | 99% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
Figures are real national estimates from the Correlates of War World Religion Project. Green up arrows mark a rising share, red down arrows a falling share. The page shows recorded self-identification, not attendance.