Religion & community impact
🇧🇷 Brazil — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
99.2% → 88.1%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -11.1%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.1% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.9%
0.3% → 8.4%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +8.1%
0.4% → 6.2%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +5.8%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 99.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 1950 | 95% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 1955 | 91.6% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 7.9% |
| 1960 | 97.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 2.2% |
| 1965 | 95.6% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 4.4% |
| 1970 | 98.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| 1975 | 98.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 98.7% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| 1985 | 97.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2.2% |
| 1990 | 95.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4% |
| 1995 | 97.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 86.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 7.9% | 5.9% |
| 2005 | 85.8% | 0% | 0.1% | 8.1% | 6% |
| 2010 | 88.9% | 1% | 1% | 7.9% | 5.8% |
| 2020 | 88.1% | 1% | 1% | 8.4% | 6.2% |
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.