Religion & community impact

🇦🇷 Argentina — how its religious make-up changed

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Demographic shift

Share of the population by faith

98.4% → 85.4% Christian · 1945–2020 ▼ -13.0%
0% → 1% Muslim · 1945–2020 ▲ +1.0%
1.6% → 1% Jewish · 1945–2020 ▼ -0.6%
0% → 12.1% Unaffiliated · 1945–2020 ▲ +12.1%
0% → 4% Other · 1945–2020 ▲ +4.0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2020
  • Christian
  • Muslim
  • Jewish
  • Unaffiliated
  • Other
Year Christian Muslim Jewish Unaffiliated Other
1945 98.4% 0% 1.6% 0% 0%
1950 94.4% 0.1% 1.5% 1.4% 2.6%
1955 91% 0% 0% 0% 9.1%
1960 95.2% 0% 1.9% 0% 2.9%
1965 96.1% 0% 2% 0.3% 1.7%
1970 96.9% 0% 2% 0.5% 0.7%
1975 96% 0% 2% 0.5% 1.5%
1980 94% 0.1% 2% 0.3% 3.6%
1985 92.5% 0% 2% 0.8% 4.6%
1990 90.6% 0% 1.9% 2.3% 5.2%
1995 92% 0% 2% 2.5% 3.5%
2000 89.9% 1.5% 0.8% 3.9% 3.9%
2005 84.5% 1.6% 1.1% 12% 0.8%
2010 85.2% 1% 1% 12.2% 4%
2020 85.4% 1% 1% 12.1% 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.