Religion & community impact
🇬🇷 Greece — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
98.9% → 87.6%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -11.3%
1% → 5.9%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +4.9%
0.1% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.9%
0% → 6.1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +6.1%
0% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 98.9% | 1% | 0.1% | 0% | 0% |
| 1950 | 98.3% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.1% |
| 1955 | 98.5% | 1.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0% |
| 1960 | 98.5% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0% |
| 1965 | 98.4% | 1.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0% |
| 1970 | 98.4% | 1.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 1975 | 98% | 1.5% | 0% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| 1980 | 98.2% | 1.4% | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 1985 | 97% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| 1990 | 96% | 2% | 0.1% | 1.6% | 0.4% |
| 1995 | 95.9% | 2.3% | 0.1% | 1.8% | 0% |
| 2000 | 95.6% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| 2005 | 95.3% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 2.3% | 0.3% |
| 2010 | 88.1% | 5.3% | 1% | 6.1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 87.6% | 5.9% | 1% | 6.1% | 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.