Religion & community impact
🇪🇹 Ethiopia — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
47.2% → 61.9%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +14.8%
28.6% → 35.9%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +7.3%
0.1% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.9%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
24.2% → 5.1%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -19.1%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 47.2% | 28.6% | 0.1% | 0% | 24.2% |
| 1950 | 43.4% | 27.1% | 0.1% | 0% | 29.4% |
| 1955 | 46.5% | 30% | 0.1% | 0% | 23.4% |
| 1960 | 49.4% | 35% | 0.1% | 0% | 15.5% |
| 1965 | 49.6% | 34% | 0.1% | 0% | 16.3% |
| 1970 | 52% | 31.1% | 0.1% | 0% | 16.9% |
| 1975 | 56.8% | 30% | 0.1% | 0% | 13.1% |
| 1980 | 57.8% | 30% | 0.1% | 0% | 12% |
| 1985 | 54.6% | 32% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 13.3% |
| 1990 | 56.6% | 32% | 0% | 0.1% | 11.3% |
| 1995 | 57.5% | 34% | 0% | 0.1% | 8.4% |
| 2000 | 61% | 32.9% | 0% | 0.2% | 5.9% |
| 2005 | 57.7% | 37.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 4.9% |
| 2010 | 62.8% | 34.6% | 1% | 1% | 5.6% |
| 2020 | 61.9% | 35.9% | 1% | 1% | 5.1% |
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.