Religion & community impact
🇦🇷 Argentina — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
98.4% → 85.4%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -13.0%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
1.6% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▼ -0.6%
0% → 12.1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +12.1%
0% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 98.4% | 0% | 1.6% | 0% | 0% |
| 1950 | 94.4% | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| 1955 | 91% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9.1% |
| 1960 | 95.2% | 0% | 1.9% | 0% | 2.9% |
| 1965 | 96.1% | 0% | 2% | 0.3% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 96.9% | 0% | 2% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 1975 | 96% | 0% | 2% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| 1980 | 94% | 0.1% | 2% | 0.3% | 3.6% |
| 1985 | 92.5% | 0% | 2% | 0.8% | 4.6% |
| 1990 | 90.6% | 0% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 5.2% |
| 1995 | 92% | 0% | 2% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| 2000 | 89.9% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| 2005 | 84.5% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 12% | 0.8% |
| 2010 | 85.2% | 1% | 1% | 12.2% | 4% |
| 2020 | 85.4% | 1% | 1% | 12.1% | 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.