Religion & community impact
🇳🇵 Nepal — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
0% → 1%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
1% → 5%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
99% → 95.2%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -3.8%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 99% |
| 1950 | 0% | 1.9% | 0% | 0% | 98% |
| 1955 | 0% | 2.6% | 0% | 0.1% | 97.3% |
| 1960 | 0% | 3% | 0% | 0.2% | 96.7% |
| 1965 | 0.1% | 2.9% | 0% | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1% | 2.8% | 0% | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | 2.8% | 0% | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 1980 | 0% | 2.9% | 0% | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 1985 | 1.6% | 3.5% | 0% | 0.3% | 94.6% |
| 1990 | 2.9% | 3.9% | 0% | 0.3% | 92.9% |
| 1995 | 2.5% | 3% | 0% | 0.3% | 94.2% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | 4.2% | 0% | 0.3% | 93.8% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | 4.3% | 0% | 0.3% | 94% |
| 2010 | 1% | 4.6% | 1% | 1% | 95.7% |
| 2020 | 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 95.2% |
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.