Religion & community impact
🇻🇳 Viet Nam — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
5% → 8.4%
Christian · 1955–2020
▲ +3.4%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1955–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1955–2020
▲ +1.0%
70% → 29.9%
Unaffiliated · 1955–2020
▼ -40.1%
25% → 63.2%
Other · 1955–2020
▲ +38.2%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5% | 0% | 0% | 70% | 25% |
| 1960 | 5.1% | 0% | 0% | 67.1% | 27.8% |
| 1965 | 5% | 0.3% | 0% | 68.5% | 26.2% |
| 1970 | 4.8% | 0.3% | 0% | 68% | 26.9% |
| 1975 | 9.4% | 0.2% | 0% | 64.3% | 26.1% |
| 1980 | 9.6% | 0.1% | 0% | 74.1% | 16.1% |
| 1985 | 8.3% | 0.1% | 0% | 74% | 17.6% |
| 1990 | 7.1% | 0.1% | 0% | 72% | 20.8% |
| 1995 | 8% | 0.1% | 0% | 73.3% | 18.6% |
| 2000 | 8.6% | 0.1% | 0% | 37.2% | 54.1% |
| 2005 | 10% | 0.1% | 0% | 33.8% | 56.1% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | 1% | 1% | 29.6% | 63.7% |
| 2020 | 8.4% | 1% | 1% | 29.9% | 63.2% |
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.