Religion & community impact
🇲🇻 Maldives — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
0.2% → 1%
Christian · 1965–2020
▲ +0.8%
99.1% → 98.4%
Muslim · 1965–2020
▼ -0.7%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.7% → 4%
Other · 1965–2020
▲ +3.3%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.2% | 99.1% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.2% | 91.7% | 0% | 0% | 8.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2% | 98.2% | 0% | 0% | 1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.1% | 98.4% | 0% | 0% | 1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.1% | 93.5% | 0% | 0% | 6.4% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | 99.2% | 0% | 0% | 0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | 95.1% | 0% | 0.1% | 4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | 98% | 0% | 0% | 1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | 98% | 0% | 0% | 1.6% |
| 2010 | 1% | 98.4% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 1% | 98.4% | 1% | 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.