Religion & community impact
🇵🇹 Portugal — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
99.2% → 90.5%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -8.7%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.8% → 8.6%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +7.8%
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 | 98.8% | 0% | 0% | 1.2% | 0% |
| 1955 | 98.7% | 0% | 0% | 1.3% | 0% |
| 1960 | 97.7% | 0% | 0% | 1.7% | 0.6% |
| 1965 | 95.6% | 0% | 0% | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| 1970 | 96.4% | 0% | 0% | 3.5% | 0% |
| 1975 | 95.8% | 0.1% | 0% | 4% | 0.1% |
| 1980 | 95.6% | 0.1% | 0% | 4.2% | 0.1% |
| 1985 | 95.2% | 0.2% | 0% | 4.5% | 0.2% |
| 1990 | 94.4% | 0.2% | 0% | 4% | 1.4% |
| 1995 | 93.4% | 0.3% | 0% | 5.3% | 0.9% |
| 2000 | 85.5% | 0.4% | 0% | 3.5% | 10.7% |
| 2005 | 83.2% | 0.6% | 0% | 5.1% | 11% |
| 2010 | 91.9% | 1% | 1% | 7.5% | 4% |
| 2020 | 90.5% | 1% | 1% | 8.6% | 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.