Religion & community impact
🇧🇠Bahrain — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
3% → 14.1%
Christian · 1970–2020
▲ +11.1%
94.5% → 69.7%
Muslim · 1970–2020
▼ -24.8%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1970–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 2%
Unaffiliated · 1970–2020
▲ +2.0%
2.5% → 15.3%
Other · 1970–2020
▲ +12.8%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3% | 94.5% | 0% | 0% | 2.5% |
| 1975 | 3.8% | 96.2% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1980 | 4% | 91.4% | 0.1% | 0% | 4.5% |
| 1985 | 0% | 86.4% | 0% | 0% | 13.7% |
| 1990 | 5.3% | 86.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 8.2% |
| 1995 | 5.3% | 94.6% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% |
| 2000 | 8.8% | 90.7% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | 88.1% | 0% | 0% | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 14.5% | 70.3% | 1% | 1.9% | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 14.1% | 69.7% | 1% | 2% | 15.3% |
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.