Religion & community impact
🇳🇴 Norway — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
99.2% → 81.7%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -17.5%
0% → 4.9%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +4.9%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.8% → 11.6%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +10.9%
0% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 99.2% | 0% | 0% | 0.8% | 0% |
| 1950 | 99.3% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% | 0% |
| 1955 | 97.3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0.7% |
| 1960 | 95.7% | 0.1% | 0% | 3% | 1.2% |
| 1965 | 94.5% | 0.1% | 0% | 4% | 1.4% |
| 1970 | 92.6% | 0.1% | 0% | 6% | 1.3% |
| 1975 | 90.4% | 0.1% | 0% | 8% | 1.5% |
| 1980 | 89.5% | 0.1% | 0% | 9% | 1.4% |
| 1985 | 89.4% | 0.2% | 0% | 9% | 1.4% |
| 1990 | 90.1% | 0.3% | 0% | 8% | 1.6% |
| 1995 | 90.9% | 0.4% | 0% | 6% | 2.6% |
| 2000 | 88.6% | 1.4% | 0% | 7.3% | 2.7% |
| 2005 | 90.2% | 1.7% | 0% | 7.5% | 0.7% |
| 2010 | 84.7% | 3.7% | 1% | 10.1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 81.7% | 4.9% | 1% | 11.6% | 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.