Religion & community impact
🇨🇱 Chile — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
92% → 88.3%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -3.7%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.1% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.9%
0% → 9.7%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +9.7%
8% → 4.5%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -3.5%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 92% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 8% |
| 1950 | 91.2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8.8% |
| 1955 | 94.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 5.6% |
| 1960 | 98.2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% |
| 1965 | 93.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6.3% |
| 1970 | 94% | 0% | 0.2% | 3.4% | 2.5% |
| 1975 | 93.3% | 0% | 0.2% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| 1980 | 94% | 0% | 0.1% | 3.8% | 2.1% |
| 1985 | 93.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 6.3% |
| 1990 | 94.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 3.3% | 2.3% |
| 1995 | 95.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4.4% |
| 2000 | 93.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 3% | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 87.8% | 0% | 0.1% | 8.3% | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 89.4% | 1% | 1% | 8.6% | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 88.3% | 1% | 1% | 9.7% | 4.5% |
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.