Religion & community impact
🇶🇦 Qatar — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
0% → 13.7%
Christian · 1970–2020
▲ +13.7%
100% → 65.2%
Muslim · 1970–2020
▼ -34.8%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1970–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1970–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 21.7%
Other · 1970–2020
▲ +21.7%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1975 | 0% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 1980 | 6.3% | 92% | 0% | 0% | 1.7% |
| 1985 | 6.3% | 90.4% | 0% | 0% | 3.3% |
| 1990 | 7.1% | 85.7% | 0% | 0% | 7.2% |
| 1995 | 5.1% | 91.4% | 0% | 0% | 3.6% |
| 2000 | 14.5% | 47% | 0% | 1.8% | 36.8% |
| 2005 | 8.5% | 74.4% | 0% | 3.6% | 13.6% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | 67.7% | 1% | 1% | 18.9% |
| 2020 | 13.7% | 65.2% | 1% | 1% | 21.7% |
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.