Religion & community impact
🇸🇿 Eswatini — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
99.3% → 88.7%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -10.6%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.4% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.6%
0.2% → 9.4%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +9.2%
0% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 99.3% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0% |
| 1950 | 99.3% | 0% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0% |
| 1955 | 99.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0% |
| 1960 | 99% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0% |
| 1965 | 97.9% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 67.3% | 0.1% | 0% | 0% | 32.7% |
| 1975 | 73.1% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.4% | 26.5% |
| 1980 | 76% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.7% | 23.2% |
| 1985 | 78.1% | 0.4% | 0% | 0.8% | 20.8% |
| 1990 | 84.5% | 0.6% | 0% | 1% | 14% |
| 1995 | 84.5% | 0.6% | 0% | 1% | 13.9% |
| 2000 | 85.4% | 0.1% | 0% | 1.2% | 13.3% |
| 2005 | 81.3% | 0.1% | 0% | 1.2% | 17.4% |
| 2010 | 88.1% | 1% | 1% | 10.1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 88.7% | 1% | 1% | 9.4% | 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.