Religion & community impact
🇲🇹 Malta — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
99.5% → 97%
Christian · 1965–2020
▼ -2.5%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.4% → 2.5%
Unaffiliated · 1965–2020
▲ +2.1%
0.1% → 4%
Other · 1965–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 99.5% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| 1970 | 99.4% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| 1975 | 99.2% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| 1980 | 98.8% | 0% | 0% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| 1985 | 98.4% | 0% | 0% | 0.6% | 1% |
| 1990 | 98.9% | 0.4% | 0% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| 1995 | 98.4% | 0.3% | 0% | 1.1% | 0.2% |
| 2000 | 95.4% | 0.2% | 0% | 2% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 95.9% | 0.7% | 0% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| 2010 | 97% | 1% | 1% | 2.5% | 4% |
| 2020 | 97% | 1% | 1% | 2.5% | 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.