Religion & community impact

🇵🇱 Poland — how its religious make-up changed

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Demographic shift

Share of the population by faith

94% → 92.5% Christian · 1945–2020 ▼ -1.5%
0% → 1% Muslim · 1945–2020 ▲ +1.0%
1% → 1% Jewish · 1945–2020 ▼ -0.0%
4.5% → 7.3% Unaffiliated · 1945–2020 ▲ +2.8%
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 94% 0% 1% 4.5% 0.4%
1950 95% 0% 0.6% 4.4% 0%
1955 95.1% 0% 0.2% 4% 0.7%
1960 95.3% 0% 0.2% 3.7% 0.9%
1965 95.6% 0% 0.1% 3.4% 0.9%
1970 96.9% 0% 0.1% 3.1% 0%
1975 97% 0% 0.1% 3% 0%
1980 97% 0% 0% 3% 0%
1985 96.6% 0% 0% 2.8% 0.5%
1990 97.2% 0% 0% 2.7% 0.1%
1995 96.7% 0% 0% 3.2% 0.1%
2000 94.5% 0% 0% 5% 0.5%
2005 94.2% 0% 0% 5.5% 0.3%
2010 94.3% 1% 1% 5.6% 4%
2020 92.5% 1% 1% 7.3% 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.