Religion & community impact
🇰🇼 Kuwait — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
4% → 13.6%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +9.6%
93.2% → 70.7%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▼ -22.5%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
2.8% → 17.3%
Other · 1960–2020
▲ +14.5%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4% | 93.2% | 0% | 0% | 2.8% |
| 1965 | 5.2% | 92% | 0% | 0% | 2.8% |
| 1970 | 5% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 1975 | 4% | 93% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 1980 | 4.9% | 93% | 0% | 0% | 2.1% |
| 1985 | 4.9% | 93% | 0% | 0% | 2.1% |
| 1990 | 4.7% | 89.7% | 0% | 0.4% | 5.3% |
| 1995 | 4.7% | 89.1% | 0% | 0.6% | 5.6% |
| 2000 | 0% | 80.7% | 0% | 0% | 19.3% |
| 2005 | 0% | 90.7% | 0% | 0% | 9.4% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | 74.1% | 1% | 1% | 13.3% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | 70.7% | 1% | 1% | 17.3% |
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.