Religion & community impact
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
0% → 4.4%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +4.4%
98.7% → 92.7%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▼ -6.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
1.3% → 4.3%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +3.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 0% | 98.7% | 0% | 0% | 1.3% |
| 1950 | 0% | 98.3% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% |
| 1955 | 0% | 98.8% | 0% | 0% | 1.2% |
| 1960 | 0% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 1965 | 0% | 95.6% | 0% | 0% | 4.4% |
| 1970 | 0% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 1975 | 1.1% | 97.1% | 0% | 0% | 1.9% |
| 1980 | 1.6% | 97.9% | 0% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| 1985 | 2.6% | 96.1% | 0% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
| 1990 | 3.4% | 94.9% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% |
| 1995 | 3.1% | 96.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2000 | 3.1% | 93% | 0% | 1% | 2.8% |
| 2005 | 4% | 91.1% | 0% | 2% | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | 93% | 1% | 1% | 4.1% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | 92.7% | 1% | 1% | 4.3% |
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.