Religion & community impact
🇲🇽 Mexico — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
94% → 94.1%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +0.1%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.1% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.9%
0% → 5.7%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +5.7%
5.9% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -1.9%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 94% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 5.9% |
| 1950 | 93.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 6.2% |
| 1955 | 93.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 6.2% |
| 1960 | 94.4% | 0% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 4.8% |
| 1965 | 95.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 4.2% |
| 1970 | 94.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 4% | 1.2% |
| 1975 | 93.4% | 0% | 0% | 5.6% | 1% |
| 1980 | 96.7% | 0% | 0% | 2.8% | 0.5% |
| 1985 | 97.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0% | 2.3% |
| 1990 | 96.9% | 0% | 0.1% | 3% | 0.1% |
| 1995 | 97.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 0.2% |
| 2000 | 96.9% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 93.6% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 5.9% | 0.2% |
| 2010 | 95.1% | 1% | 1% | 4.7% | 4% |
| 2020 | 94.1% | 1% | 1% | 5.7% | 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.