Religion & community impact
🇦🇱 Albania — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
33.5% → 16.7%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -16.8%
66.4% → 82.1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +15.7%
0.1% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.1% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +3.9%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 33.5% | 66.4% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.1% |
| 1950 | 33.7% | 65.8% | 0% | 0.4% | 0% |
| 1955 | 31.5% | 62.2% | 0% | 6% | 0.2% |
| 1960 | 28.1% | 56.9% | 0% | 15% | 0% |
| 1965 | 26.7% | 52.1% | 0% | 21% | 0.2% |
| 1970 | 27.6% | 48.4% | 0% | 24% | 0% |
| 1975 | 29.2% | 45.5% | 0% | 25.3% | 0% |
| 1980 | 30.5% | 43.1% | 0% | 26.3% | 0.1% |
| 1985 | 29.8% | 43% | 0% | 27% | 0.2% |
| 1990 | 30% | 42% | 0% | 27.4% | 0.6% |
| 1995 | 29.1% | 54% | 0% | 16.8% | 0.2% |
| 2000 | 23% | 65.9% | 0% | 10.9% | 0.2% |
| 2005 | 26.7% | 61.5% | 0% | 11% | 0.9% |
| 2010 | 18% | 80.3% | 1% | 1.4% | 4% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | 82.1% | 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.