Religion & community impact
🇮🇶 Iraq — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
3.2% → 1%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -2.2%
93.8% → 99%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +5.2%
2.5% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▼ -1.5%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.5% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +3.5%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 3.2% | 93.8% | 2.5% | 0% | 0.5% |
| 1950 | 4% | 92.1% | 2.2% | 0% | 1.7% |
| 1955 | 3.7% | 89.1% | 0.1% | 0% | 7.2% |
| 1960 | 3% | 88% | 0.1% | 0% | 8.9% |
| 1965 | 2.9% | 96.7% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% |
| 1970 | 3.3% | 96% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% |
| 1975 | 4.6% | 95% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 5.4% | 93.9% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.8% | 98% | 0% | 0% | 1.2% |
| 1990 | 2.2% | 96% | 0% | 0.5% | 1.3% |
| 1995 | 1.5% | 98% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.9% | 95% | 0% | 2% | 1.1% |
| 2005 | 2% | 96.5% | 0% | 1% | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 1% | 99% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 1% | 99% | 1% | 1% | 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.