Religion & community impact
🇵🇪 Peru — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
93% → 95.4%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +2.4%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 3.1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +3.1%
7% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -3.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 93% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 1950 | 96.2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3.8% |
| 1955 | 93% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 1960 | 96.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3.7% |
| 1965 | 96.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3.9% |
| 1970 | 98.6% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% | 1.3% |
| 1975 | 96% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% | 3.9% |
| 1980 | 98.4% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| 1985 | 97.5% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| 1990 | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| 1995 | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| 2000 | 91.7% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% | 6.5% |
| 2005 | 96% | 0% | 0% | 3.1% | 0.9% |
| 2010 | 95.5% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% |
| 2020 | 95.4% | 1% | 1% | 3.1% | 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.