Religion & community impact
🇸🇪 Sweden — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
96.5% → 63%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -33.5%
0% → 6.5%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +6.5%
0.2% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.8%
3% → 29%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +26.0%
0.3% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +3.7%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 96.5% | 0% | 0.2% | 3% | 0.3% |
| 1950 | 94.5% | 0% | 0.2% | 5% | 0.3% |
| 1955 | 95.3% | 0% | 0.2% | 4% | 0.5% |
| 1960 | 96.4% | 0% | 0.2% | 3% | 0.4% |
| 1965 | 95.8% | 0% | 0.2% | 4% | 0% |
| 1970 | 94.6% | 0% | 0.2% | 5% | 0.2% |
| 1975 | 93.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 6% | 0.2% |
| 1980 | 92.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 6.6% | 0.2% |
| 1985 | 92.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 6% | 0.3% |
| 1990 | 91.5% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 6% | 0.7% |
| 1995 | 89.8% | 2.3% | 0.2% | 7% | 0.7% |
| 2000 | 86.8% | 3.9% | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0.1% |
| 2005 | 84.5% | 3.9% | 0.2% | 11% | 0.4% |
| 2010 | 67.2% | 4.6% | 1% | 27% | 4% |
| 2020 | 63% | 6.5% | 1% | 29% | 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.