Religion & community impact
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
94.5% → 59.1%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -35.4%
0.3% → 6.1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +5.8%
0.8% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.2%
4.4% → 31.2%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +26.8%
0% → 4.6%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.6%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 94.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 4.4% | 0% |
| 1950 | 93.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 5.1% | 0.1% |
| 1955 | 92% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 6.1% | 0.5% |
| 1960 | 90.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 7% | 0.7% |
| 1965 | 89.8% | 1% | 0.8% | 7.7% | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 88.6% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 8.5% | 1% |
| 1975 | 87.6% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 8.7% | 1.6% |
| 1980 | 86.7% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 9% | 2% |
| 1985 | 85.8% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 10% | 2% |
| 1990 | 84.3% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 11.3% | 2.1% |
| 1995 | 83.5% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 11.8% | 1.8% |
| 2000 | 72.2% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 21.9% | 2.4% |
| 2005 | 68.1% | 3.8% | 0.5% | 24.4% | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 64.3% | 4.8% | 1% | 27.8% | 4.4% |
| 2020 | 59.1% | 6.1% | 1% | 31.2% | 4.6% |
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.