Religion & community impact

🇧🇹 Bhutan — how its religious make-up changed

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Demographic shift

Share of the population by faith

0.1% → 1% Christian · 1975–2020 ▲ +0.9%
3% → 1% Muslim · 1975–2020 ▼ -2.0%
0% → 1% Jewish · 1975–2020 ▲ +1.0%
0% → 1% Unaffiliated · 1975–2020 ▲ +1.0%
96.9% → 100% Other · 1975–2020 ▲ +3.1%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2020
  • Christian
  • Muslim
  • Jewish
  • Unaffiliated
  • Other
Year Christian Muslim Jewish Unaffiliated Other
1975 0.1% 3% 0% 0% 96.9%
1980 0.1% 3% 0% 0% 96.9%
1985 0.6% 3% 0% 0% 96.4%
1990 0.9% 1% 0% 0% 98%
1995 0.9% 0.6% 0% 0% 98.5%
2000 0.8% 1% 0% 0% 98.2%
2005 1.4% 1% 0% 0.3% 97.3%
2010 1% 1% 1% 1% 100%
2020 1% 1% 1% 1% 100%

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.