Religion & community impact
🇮🇹 Italy — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
98.2% → 80.8%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -17.4%
0% → 4.9%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +4.9%
0.1% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.9%
1.7% → 13.4%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +11.7%
0% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 98.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 0% |
| 1950 | 96.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 3.5% | 0% |
| 1955 | 94.5% | 0% | 0.1% | 5.4% | 0% |
| 1960 | 92.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 7.3% | 0% |
| 1965 | 90.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 9.6% | 0% |
| 1970 | 88.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 11.5% | 0% |
| 1975 | 86.8% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 12.1% | 0.7% |
| 1980 | 86.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 12.8% | 0.1% |
| 1985 | 85.5% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 13.6% | 0.1% |
| 1990 | 84.4% | 1% | 0.1% | 14.4% | 0.1% |
| 1995 | 83.3% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 15.4% | 0.2% |
| 2000 | 85.4% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 12.6% | 0.3% |
| 2005 | 85.9% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 11.1% | 1.3% |
| 2010 | 83.3% | 3.7% | 1% | 12.4% | 4% |
| 2020 | 80.8% | 4.9% | 1% | 13.4% | 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.