Religion & community impact

🇮🇩 Indonesia — how its religious make-up changed

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Demographic shift

Share of the population by faith

4.6% → 10.2% Christian · 1950–2020 ▲ +5.6%
71.9% → 87% Muslim · 1950–2020 ▲ +15.1%
0% → 1% Jewish · 1950–2020 ▲ +1.0%
0.2% → 1% Unaffiliated · 1950–2020 ▲ +0.9%
23.4% → 4.6% Other · 1950–2020 ▼ -18.8%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2020
  • Christian
  • Muslim
  • Jewish
  • Unaffiliated
  • Other
Year Christian Muslim Jewish Unaffiliated Other
1950 4.6% 71.9% 0% 0.2% 23.4%
1955 6.9% 73% 0% 0.4% 19.7%
1960 7.7% 76% 0% 0.7% 15.7%
1965 8.7% 78.7% 0% 0.8% 11.8%
1970 10.5% 80% 0% 1% 8.5%
1975 11.6% 78% 0% 1.3% 9.2%
1990 10.8% 84.2% 0% 0.6% 4.4%
1995 11% 83.6% 0% 0.7% 4.7%
2000 11.2% 83.1% 0% 0.7% 5%
2005 10.9% 83.9% 0% 0.7% 4.5%
2010 9.9% 87.2% 1% 1% 4.7%
2020 10.2% 87% 1% 1% 4.6%

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.