Religion & community impact

🇷🇸 Serbia — how its religious make-up changed

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Demographic shift

Share of the population by faith

80.6% → 91.6% Christian · 1945–2020 ▲ +11.0%
10.4% → 5% Muslim · 1945–2020 ▼ -5.4%
0.5% → 1% Jewish · 1945–2020 ▲ +0.5%
8% → 3.3% Unaffiliated · 1945–2020 ▼ -4.7%
0.5% → 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 80.6% 10.4% 0.5% 8% 0.5%
1950 77.7% 11% 0.2% 10.5% 0.6%
1955 74.9% 11.9% 0.2% 12.6% 0.5%
1960 76.1% 12% 0.1% 11.9% 0%
1965 76.7% 11.9% 0.1% 11.2% 0%
1970 77.6% 12% 0.1% 10.4% 0%
1975 77.1% 12% 0.1% 10.5% 0.4%
1980 77.7% 12% 0% 10.1% 0.3%
1985 75.4% 11.9% 0% 12.6% 0.1%
1990 72.9% 11.9% 0% 15% 0.2%
1995 74.8% 19% 0.1% 6% 0.2%
2000 91.7% 3.2% 0% 4.4% 0.7%
2005 91.7% 3.2% 0% 4.4% 0.7%
2010 92.6% 4.1% 1% 3.3% 4%
2020 91.6% 5% 1% 3.3% 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.