Christianity is the main religion in Portugal followed by 84.3% of the population. Roman Catholicism is the majority denomination of Christianity and in the past, the Catholic Church in Portugal was the state religion.
According to the 2011 Census, 81% of the population of Portugal is Catholic, and the rest 3.3% follows other churches and denominations. Other includes Protestants and Eastern Orthodoxy.
Non-Christian faiths account for 1%, and the remaining 15% are classified as unaffiliated, which can mean agnostic, atheist, or “nothing in particular.”
Other religion includes Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Baháʼí Faith, and smaller faiths.
Religion / Affiliations | Percentage |
Christianity | 84.3% |
– Catholicism | – 81.00% |
– Protestantism | – 0.84% |
– Eastern Orthodoxy | – 0.63% |
– Other Christian | – 1.82% |
Other Religions | |
– Islam | – 0.23% |
– Judaism | – 0.03% |
– smaller faiths | – 0.32% |
Unaffiliated | 15.13% |
– No religion | – 6.84% |
– No response | – 8.29% |
Source: Portugal Census 2011
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