Religion & community impact
🇪🇸 Spain — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
98.2% → 75.2%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -23.0%
0% → 3.3%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +3.3%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.2% → 21%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +20.9%
1.6% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +2.4%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 98.2% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | 1.6% |
| 1950 | 99.5% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| 1955 | 98.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.9% | 0.1% |
| 1960 | 98.6% | 0% | 0% | 1.3% | 0% |
| 1965 | 98.3% | 0% | 0% | 1.6% | 0% |
| 1970 | 98% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% | 0.1% |
| 1975 | 97.8% | 0% | 0% | 2.1% | 0.1% |
| 1980 | 97.9% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0.1% |
| 1985 | 96.7% | 0.1% | 0% | 3.1% | 0.1% |
| 1990 | 96.2% | 0.4% | 0% | 3.3% | 0.1% |
| 1995 | 95% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 4.1% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 86.1% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 12.5% | 0.2% |
| 2005 | 83.8% | 2.5% | 0.1% | 13.5% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 78.6% | 2.1% | 1% | 19% | 4% |
| 2020 | 75.2% | 3.3% | 1% | 21% | 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.