Religion & community impact
🇫🇷 France — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
93.8% → 58.1%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -35.7%
0.4% → 8.3%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +7.9%
0.9% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.1%
4.8% → 31.9%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +27.1%
0% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 93.8% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 4.8% | 0% |
| 1950 | 92.3% | 0.5% | 1% | 6% | 0.3% |
| 1955 | 89.7% | 0.6% | 1% | 7.4% | 1.4% |
| 1960 | 87.1% | 0.6% | 1% | 8.5% | 2.7% |
| 1965 | 86.3% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 9.4% | 1.5% |
| 1970 | 85.6% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 10.1% | 0.6% |
| 1975 | 83.7% | 3% | 1% | 11.4% | 0.8% |
| 1980 | 83.1% | 3.4% | 1% | 11.9% | 0.6% |
| 1985 | 81.8% | 3% | 1% | 13.5% | 0.7% |
| 1990 | 78.6% | 3.2% | 1% | 16.2% | 1% |
| 1995 | 75.6% | 4.6% | 1% | 17.5% | 1.3% |
| 2000 | 72.6% | 7.5% | 1.1% | 17.8% | 1.1% |
| 2005 | 69.5% | 9% | 1% | 17.5% | 3% |
| 2010 | 63% | 7.5% | 1% | 28% | 4% |
| 2020 | 58.1% | 8.3% | 1% | 31.9% | 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.