Religion & community impact
🇱🇧 Lebanon — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
52% → 38.4%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -13.6%
47% → 61.2%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +14.2%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
1% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +3.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 52% | 47% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 1950 | 50% | 41.3% | 0% | 0% | 8.7% |
| 1955 | 52.8% | 41.9% | 0% | 0% | 5.3% |
| 1960 | 52.9% | 44.1% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 1965 | 54.4% | 40.9% | 0% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| 1970 | 55% | 38% | 0% | 2% | 5% |
| 1975 | 50.7% | 37.7% | 0% | 2.2% | 9.4% |
| 1980 | 54.3% | 43% | 0% | 2.7% | 0.1% |
| 1985 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1990 | 47% | 53% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1995 | 40.6% | 59.2% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 38.6% | 57% | 0% | 2.3% | 2.1% |
| 2005 | 40.7% | 54% | 0% | 3% | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 38.3% | 61.3% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 38.4% | 61.2% | 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.