Religion & community impact
🇩🇪 Germany — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
96% → 66%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -30.0%
0% → 6.9%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +6.9%
0.5% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.5%
2% → 26.3%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +24.3%
1.5% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +2.5%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 96% | 0% | 0.5% | 2% | 1.5% |
| 1955 | 84.3% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 5.8% |
| 1960 | 82.7% | 0% | 0% | 14% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 78.6% | 0% | 0% | 17.8% | 3.6% |
| 1970 | 72.4% | 0% | 0% | 21.4% | 6.3% |
| 1975 | 67.9% | 0% | 0% | 26.1% | 6.1% |
| 1980 | 65.7% | 0% | 0% | 31.6% | 2.7% |
| 1985 | 62.6% | 0% | 0% | 37.1% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 91% | 2.4% | 0% | 6% | 0.6% |
| 1995 | 74.6% | 4% | 0.2% | 18.8% | 2.4% |
| 2000 | 68.5% | 3.7% | 0.2% | 26.5% | 1.1% |
| 2005 | 66% | 4.2% | 0.2% | 23.1% | 6.5% |
| 2010 | 68.7% | 5.8% | 1% | 24.7% | 4% |
| 2020 | 66% | 6.9% | 1% | 26.3% | 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.