Religion & community impact
🇪🇨 Ecuador — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
90% → 94%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 5.6%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +5.6%
10% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -6.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 90% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 1950 | 90% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 1955 | 92% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 1960 | 92.5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7.5% |
| 1965 | 94.4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5.6% |
| 1970 | 98.3% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | 1.5% |
| 1975 | 93.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6.4% |
| 1980 | 96.3% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | 3.6% |
| 1985 | 95.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.2% | 3.9% |
| 1990 | 96.2% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% | 3.6% |
| 1995 | 96.2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3.8% |
| 2000 | 90.8% | 0% | 0% | 7.5% | 1.7% |
| 2005 | 91.6% | 0% | 0% | 8.1% | 0.2% |
| 2010 | 94.1% | 1% | 1% | 5.5% | 4% |
| 2020 | 94% | 1% | 1% | 5.6% | 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.