Religion & community impact
🇪🇬 Egypt, Arab Rep. — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
15.7% → 12.1%
Christian · 1945–2010
▼ -3.5%
83.6% → 86.4%
Muslim · 1945–2010
▲ +2.9%
0.2% → 0%
Jewish · 1945–2010
▼ -0.2%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2010
▲ +1.0%
0.5% → 0.5%
Other · 1945–2010
▼ -0.1%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 15.7% | 83.6% | 0.2% | 0% | 0.5% |
| 1950 | 16.1% | 82% | 0.4% | 0% | 1.6% |
| 1955 | 12.5% | 87.2% | 0.2% | 0% | 0.2% |
| 1960 | 9.4% | 89.3% | 0% | 0% | 1.3% |
| 1965 | 7.7% | 92% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% |
| 1970 | 11.9% | 87.5% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| 1975 | 7.3% | 92.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1980 | 10.5% | 87.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 2.2% |
| 1985 | 10.8% | 88.6% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% |
| 1990 | 13.3% | 86% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| 1995 | 12.5% | 80.7% | 0% | 0.4% | 6.5% |
| 2000 | 11.6% | 88% | 0% | 0.3% | 0% |
| 2005 | 12.1% | 86.4% | 0% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| 2010 | 12.1% | 86.4% | 0% | 1% | 0.5% |
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.