Religion & community impact
🇮🇱 Israel — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
2.6% → 2%
Christian · 1950–2020
▼ -0.6%
9.9% → 20.1%
Muslim · 1950–2020
▲ +10.3%
87.5% → 74%
Jewish · 1950–2020
▼ -13.5%
0% → 3.2%
Unaffiliated · 1950–2020
▲ +3.2%
0.1% → 4%
Other · 1950–2020
▲ +3.9%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2.6% | 9.9% | 87.5% | 0% | 0.1% |
| 1955 | 1.4% | 11.1% | 87.2% | 0% | 0.3% |
| 1960 | 3% | 9.9% | 85.6% | 0% | 1.5% |
| 1965 | 2.8% | 8.1% | 88.6% | 0% | 0.5% |
| 1970 | 2.5% | 10.8% | 85.5% | 0% | 1.2% |
| 1975 | 2.3% | 10.7% | 85.7% | 0% | 1.3% |
| 1980 | 2.3% | 12.9% | 84.7% | 0% | 0.2% |
| 1985 | 2.4% | 12.3% | 83.1% | 0% | 2.3% |
| 1990 | 2.5% | 17.5% | 79% | 0% | 1.1% |
| 1995 | 2.9% | 14.7% | 82.1% | 0% | 0.4% |
| 2000 | 2.2% | 13.8% | 79% | 2.2% | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | 16.2% | 76.1% | 4.5% | 1% |
| 2010 | 2% | 18.6% | 75.6% | 3.1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 2% | 20.1% | 74% | 3.2% | 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.