Religion & community impact

🇵🇦 Panama — how its religious make-up changed

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Demographic shift

Share of the population by faith

99.6% → 92.7% Christian · 1945–2020 ▼ -6.9%
0% → 1% Muslim · 1945–2020 ▲ +1.0%
0% → 1% Jewish · 1945–2020 ▲ +1.0%
0% → 5% Unaffiliated · 1945–2020 ▲ +5.0%
0.4% → 4% Other · 1945–2020 ▲ +3.6%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2020
  • Christian
  • Muslim
  • Jewish
  • Unaffiliated
  • Other
Year Christian Muslim Jewish Unaffiliated Other
1945 99.6% 0% 0% 0% 0.4%
1950 99% 0% 0% 0% 1%
1955 99% 0% 0% 0% 1%
1960 98.9% 0% 0% 0% 1.1%
1965 96.5% 2.3% 0.1% 0% 1.2%
1970 94% 3.7% 0.1% 0% 2.2%
1975 93.2% 0% 0.1% 0% 6.8%
1980 96.3% 1.5% 0% 0.7% 1.5%
1985 95.2% 0% 0% 0% 4.8%
1990 95.6% 1.5% 0.1% 1.3% 1.6%
1995 97% 0.4% 0.1% 0% 2.4%
2000 97.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0% 2.3%
2005 97.9% 0.3% 0.2% 0% 1.6%
2010 93% 1% 1% 4.8% 4%
2020 92.7% 1% 1% 5% 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.