Religion & community impact
🇹🇷 Turkiye — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
1.1% → 0.4%
Christian · 1945–2010
▼ -0.7%
98.2% → 98.6%
Muslim · 1945–2010
▲ +0.3%
0.4% → 0%
Jewish · 1945–2010
▼ -0.4%
0% → 0.5%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2010
▲ +0.5%
0.2% → 0.5%
Other · 1945–2010
▲ +0.2%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1.1% | 98.2% | 0.4% | 0% | 0.2% |
| 1950 | 1% | 98.3% | 0% | 0% | 0.8% |
| 1955 | 1.1% | 98.7% | 0.2% | 0% | 0% |
| 1960 | 0.8% | 99.1% | 0.1% | 0% | 0% |
| 1965 | 0.7% | 98.9% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.8% | 98.8% | 0% | 0% | 0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8% | 98.6% | 0% | 0% | 0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.7% | 96.6% | 0% | 0% | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7% | 98.9% | 0% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | 99% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | 98.8% | 0% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | 98.6% | 0% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | 98.6% | 0% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
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.