Religion & community impact
🇬🇹 Guatemala — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
95% → 95.3%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +0.3%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 3.9%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +3.9%
5% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -1.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 95% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 1950 | 93.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6.3% |
| 1955 | 94.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5.9% |
| 1960 | 96% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 1965 | 94.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5.7% |
| 1970 | 91.8% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 6.2% |
| 1975 | 90.5% | 0% | 0% | 1.2% | 8.3% |
| 1980 | 87.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% | 11.4% |
| 1985 | 91% | 0% | 0% | 0.8% | 8.2% |
| 1990 | 92.5% | 0% | 0% | 0.9% | 6.5% |
| 1995 | 96% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | 3.8% |
| 2000 | 97% | 0% | 0% | 2.5% | 0.5% |
| 2005 | 95% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 1% |
| 2010 | 95.2% | 1% | 1% | 4.1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 95.3% | 1% | 1% | 3.9% | 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.