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The Federal Statistical Office reported the religious demographics as of 2023 as follows (based on the resident population age 15 years and older): 56% Christian (including 30.7% Roman Catholic, 19.5% Reformed, 5.8% other), 35.6% unaffiliated, 6% Muslim, 0.2% Jewish, 1.3% other religions. (100%: 6,981,381, registered resident population age 15 ...
According to the national survey of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, [a] in 2023, Christians accounted for 56% of the resident population (aged fifteen years and older), of whom 30.7% were Catholics, 19.5% were Swiss Protestants, and 5.8% were followers of other Christian denominations (about half Orthodox and half other Protestants). [3]
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
Reliable data on religious demography is difficult to obtain because an official nationwide census has not been conducted in decades. U.S. government estimates indicate a population of approximately 30.4 million, with Sunni Muslims comprising 80% of the population, Shia Muslims making up about 19%, and other religious groups comprising less than 1%.
Church of Norway – 3.5 million [92] [93] Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland – 3.5 million [94] [95] Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – 2.8 million [96] [97] Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria – 2.2 million [98] Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea – 1.8 million [99] Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod – 1.7 ...
5.61% Basel-Landschaft; 5.22% Vaud; Geneva is the only non-German-speaking canton where the Muslim population (6.24%) is slightly above the average (5.40%). [7] Another remarkable demographic feature in comparison to other European countries is the relatively equal distribution throughout the country [8] (compare Islam in the United Kingdom).
It then decreased to 3.2% in 2014 and held steady for several years, before further dropping to 2.5% in 2018 and 2.3% in 2019; in 2023 it had reached a 20-year low of 2%. [166] Population growth (from net immigration) reached 0.52% of population in 2004, increased in the following years before falling to 0.54% again in 2017.