Religion & community impact
🇳🇿 New Zealand — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
97.3% → 52.9%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -44.4%
0% → 1.6%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.6%
0.2% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.8%
1.1% → 39.6%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +38.5%
1.4% → 6.4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +5.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 97.3% | 0% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| 1950 | 97.5% | 0% | 0.2% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| 1955 | 96.9% | 0% | 0.2% | 2.2% | 0.8% |
| 1960 | 95.5% | 0% | 0.2% | 2.7% | 1.7% |
| 1965 | 95.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 3.1% | 1.3% |
| 1970 | 95.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 3.5% | 0.9% |
| 1975 | 93.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 5.5% | 1.2% |
| 1980 | 91.1% | 0% | 0.1% | 7.7% | 1% |
| 1985 | 87.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10.4% | 1.5% |
| 1990 | 84.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 13% | 2.5% |
| 1995 | 76.2% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 19% | 4.1% |
| 2000 | 65.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 26.8% | 6.5% |
| 2005 | 54.1% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 39.2% | 5.5% |
| 2010 | 57% | 1.2% | 1% | 36.6% | 5.7% |
| 2020 | 52.9% | 1.6% | 1% | 39.6% | 6.4% |
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.