Religion & community impact
🇫🇮 Finland — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
97.9% → 77.7%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -20.2%
0% → 1.3%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.3%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
2% → 20.8%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +18.8%
0.1% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 97.9% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0.1% |
| 1950 | 97% | 0% | 0% | 2.8% | 0.1% |
| 1955 | 95.2% | 0% | 0% | 3.7% | 1.1% |
| 1960 | 94.1% | 0% | 0% | 4.5% | 1.3% |
| 1965 | 94.4% | 0% | 0% | 5.3% | 0.3% |
| 1970 | 93.9% | 0% | 0% | 5.4% | 0.7% |
| 1975 | 92.2% | 0% | 0% | 6.6% | 1.2% |
| 1980 | 91.4% | 0% | 0% | 7.8% | 0.8% |
| 1985 | 90% | 0.1% | 0% | 9% | 0.9% |
| 1990 | 89% | 0.2% | 0% | 10.2% | 0.6% |
| 1995 | 87% | 0.2% | 0% | 12.1% | 0.6% |
| 2000 | 86.3% | 0.3% | 0% | 12.9% | 0.4% |
| 2005 | 84.3% | 0.5% | 0% | 14.7% | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 80.1% | 1% | 1% | 19.1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 77.7% | 1.3% | 1% | 20.8% | 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.