Religion & community impact
🇮🇪 Ireland — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
99.6% → 89.7%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -9.9%
0% → 1.5%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.5%
0.1% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.9%
0% → 7.9%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +7.9%
0.2% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +3.8%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 99.6% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.2% |
| 1950 | 99.9% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 0% |
| 1955 | 99.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.4% |
| 1960 | 99.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0% |
| 1965 | 99.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| 1970 | 97.9% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 98.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1% |
| 1980 | 98.5% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| 1985 | 96.8% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| 1990 | 94.6% | 0.2% | 0% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| 1995 | 96.8% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 2.4% | 0.3% |
| 2000 | 94.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 3.5% | 1.3% |
| 2005 | 93.3% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 4.4% | 1.6% |
| 2010 | 92% | 1.1% | 1% | 6.2% | 4% |
| 2020 | 89.7% | 1.5% | 1% | 7.9% | 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.