Religion & community impact
🇸🇻 El Salvador — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
90% → 88%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -2.0%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 11.2%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +11.2%
10% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -6.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 90% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 1950 | 91.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8.9% |
| 1955 | 91.2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8.8% |
| 1960 | 93.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6.9% |
| 1965 | 96.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3.2% |
| 1970 | 98% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% | 2% |
| 1975 | 97.1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0.9% |
| 1980 | 97.4% | 0% | 0% | 0.3% | 2.3% |
| 1985 | 95.5% | 0% | 0% | 4.1% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 96.7% | 0% | 0% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| 1995 | 89.6% | 2.4% | 0% | 7.2% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 79.6% | 2.4% | 0% | 10.2% | 7.8% |
| 2005 | 73.9% | 2.7% | 0% | 17.4% | 6% |
| 2010 | 88.2% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 4% |
| 2020 | 88% | 1% | 1% | 11.2% | 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.