Religion & community impact

🇹🇭 Thailand — how its religious make-up changed

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Demographic shift

Share of the population by faith

0.5% → 1% Christian · 1945–2020 ▲ +0.6%
2% → 6% Muslim · 1945–2020 ▲ +4.0%
0% → 1% Jewish · 1945–2020 ▲ +1.0%
0% → 1% Unaffiliated · 1945–2020 ▲ +1.0%
97.6% → 95.6% Other · 1945–2020 ▼ -2.0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2020
  • Christian
  • Muslim
  • Jewish
  • Unaffiliated
  • Other
Year Christian Muslim Jewish Unaffiliated Other
1945 0.5% 2% 0% 0% 97.6%
1950 0.6% 2.4% 0% 0% 97%
1955 0.8% 3.1% 0% 0.1% 96%
1960 1% 3.9% 0% 0.2% 95%
1965 1.1% 3.9% 0% 0.3% 94.8%
1970 0.7% 3.8% 0% 0.3% 95.3%
1975 1.2% 3.9% 0% 0.4% 94.5%
1980 1.6% 4.1% 0% 0.4% 93.8%
1985 2.3% 4% 0% 1.2% 92.5%
1990 3% 4% 0% 1.8% 91.2%
1995 1% 4% 0% 1.8% 93.2%
2000 1% 10% 0% 0.7% 88.3%
2005 0.6% 10% 0% 1% 88.4%
2010 1% 5.5% 1% 1% 96.2%
2020 1% 6% 1% 1% 95.6%

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.