Religion & community impact
🇺🇾 Uruguay — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
67.9% → 57%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -10.9%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
4% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▼ -3.0%
0% → 41.5%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +41.5%
28.1% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -24.1%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 67.9% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 28.1% |
| 1950 | 72% | 0% | 1.9% | 0% | 26.1% |
| 1955 | 75.4% | 0% | 0.9% | 0% | 23.8% |
| 1960 | 78.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 21.7% |
| 1965 | 73.8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 26.2% |
| 1970 | 77.4% | 0% | 1.9% | 0% | 20.8% |
| 1975 | 74.9% | 0% | 1.4% | 4.6% | 19.1% |
| 1980 | 70.9% | 0% | 1% | 8.9% | 19.3% |
| 1985 | 69% | 0% | 0% | 21.9% | 9.1% |
| 1990 | 73.1% | 0% | 1% | 14.2% | 11.7% |
| 1995 | 72.6% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 25.4% |
| 2000 | 74% | 0% | 1.4% | 18.9% | 5.7% |
| 2005 | 81.8% | 0% | 0.3% | 17.2% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 57.9% | 1% | 1% | 40.7% | 4% |
| 2020 | 57% | 1% | 1% | 41.5% | 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.