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Christianity is the largest religion in Uruguay, with Catholics having the most adherents, but around 44.5% of the population is non-religious as of 2021. [2] Church and state are officially separated since 1916.
Irreligion in Uruguay. Uruguay is the most secularised nation in South America, and has the highest percentage of agnostics and atheists in the Western Hemisphere. Uruguay ranks sixth on the list of the least religious countries in the world.
Christianity is the largest religion in Uruguay, with Catholics having the most adherents, accounting for 47.1% of the population, as of 2006. Non-Catholic Christians make up 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, and other religions make up 1.1% (2006 est.) of the population.
About 52% of Uruguayans identify themselves as Roman Catholic. Approximately 16% of the population is Protestant or other Christian, and 1% are Jewish. As many as 30% are members of other religions or profess no religious faith whatsoever.
Religious Demography. The U.S. government estimates the country’s total population at 3.4 million (midyear 2021). According to a 2014 Pew Research Center survey, 57 percent of the population self-identifies as Christian (42 percent Catholic and 15 percent Protestant), 37 percent as religious but unaffiliated, and 6 percent as other.
According to the survey, 0.3 percent of the population is Jewish, 0.1 percent Hindu, and 0.1 percent Muslim. Other estimates of the country’s Jewish population range from 12,000 to 30,000, according to the Jewish Studies Department of ORT University and the National Israel Council, respectively.
Today, Uruguay has by far the lowest levels of religious commitment among the countries polled. Fewer than a third of Uruguayans (28%) say that religion is very important in their lives; in no other country surveyed do fewer than four-in-ten people say this.
Christianity is the largest religion in Uruguay, with Catholics having the most adherents, but around 44.5% of the population is non-religious as of 2021. Church and state are officially separated since 1916. Religion in Uruguay (2021) Roman Catholic (44.8%) Other Christian (9.5%) No religion (44.5%) Other (1.2%)
Afro-Brazilian religions came to Uruguay in 1950 and expanded dramatically after 1980. In the 1960s, spiritual movements appeared in Uruguay from South and East Asia, focused on meditation and generally inspired by Buddhism.
Most Uruguayans don't profess any religion. In a survey carried out between October and December of 2020, nearly 40 percent of Uruguayan respondents said they had no religious affiliation,...