Religion & community impact
🇧🇪 Belgium — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
97.7% → 60.5%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -37.2%
0% → 7.5%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +7.5%
0.2% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.8%
0.5% → 31%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +30.5%
1.6% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +2.4%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 97.7% | 0% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| 1950 | 98.3% | 0% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 0% |
| 1955 | 97% | 0% | 0.3% | 2.7% | 0% |
| 1960 | 96.4% | 0% | 0.4% | 3.3% | 0% |
| 1965 | 95.2% | 0% | 0.4% | 4.4% | 0% |
| 1970 | 92.6% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 6% | 0.1% |
| 1975 | 90.6% | 1% | 0.3% | 6% | 2.1% |
| 1980 | 89.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 6.1% | 3.1% |
| 1985 | 87.7% | 2% | 0.3% | 9.4% | 0.5% |
| 1990 | 85.2% | 3.2% | 0.3% | 10.8% | 0.5% |
| 1995 | 81.1% | 4% | 0.3% | 13.9% | 0.7% |
| 2000 | 77.8% | 3.4% | 0.4% | 15% | 3.3% |
| 2005 | 77.7% | 3.8% | 0.5% | 17.3% | 0.7% |
| 2010 | 64.2% | 5.9% | 1% | 29% | 4% |
| 2020 | 60.5% | 7.5% | 1% | 31% | 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.