Religion & community impact
🇲🇳 Mongolia — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
0.2% → 2.3%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +2.1%
0.7% → 3.4%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +2.7%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
45.7% → 36.5%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▼ -9.2%
53.4% → 59.8%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +6.4%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0% | 45.7% | 53.4% |
| 1950 | 0.3% | 1.5% | 0% | 44.9% | 53.3% |
| 1955 | 0.3% | 3% | 0% | 45.5% | 51.2% |
| 1960 | 0.3% | 4% | 0% | 49% | 46.8% |
| 1965 | 0.3% | 2.7% | 0% | 54% | 43% |
| 1970 | 0.3% | 1.7% | 0% | 59.4% | 38.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6% | 1.7% | 0% | 45% | 52.8% |
| 1980 | 0.8% | 1.6% | 0% | 34% | 63.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7% | 2.2% | 0% | 33% | 64.1% |
| 1990 | 1% | 4.3% | 0% | 31.6% | 63.1% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | 4% | 0% | 25% | 69.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | 3% | 0% | 10.4% | 85.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | 3% | 0% | 10.4% | 85.7% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | 3.2% | 1% | 35.9% | 60.6% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | 3.4% | 1% | 36.5% | 59.8% |
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.