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In 2018 just over a third of people in the United Kingdom identified as being Christian, compared with two-thirds 25 years earlier in 1983. During this time period the proportion of people who identify as Christian has declined dramatically, while the proportion of irreligious people has grown,

Share of people who identity as Christian in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 2018

	Christian	No religion	Non-Christian faiths
1983	66%	31%	2%
1984	66%	32%	2%
1985	63%	34%	2%
1986	63%	34%	3%
1987	63%	34%	3%
1989	64%	34%	2%
1990	60%	36%	3%
1991	61%	35%	3%
1993	59%	37%	3%
1994	58%	38%	3%
1995	56%	40%	3%
1996	53%	43%	4%
1997	52%	43%	4%
1998	51%	45%	3%
1999	52%	44%	3%
2000	55%	40%	5%
2001	54%	41%	4%
2002	54%	41%	4%
2003	50%	43%	6%
2004	53%	43%	3%
2005	54%	40%	6%
2006	48%	46%	6%
2007	48%	46%	6%
2008	50%	43%	7%
2009	44%	51%	5%
2010	43%	50%	6%
2011	46%	46%	7%
2012	46%	48%	6%
2013	41%	50%	8%
2014	42%	49%	8%
2015	43%	48%	8%
2016	41%	53%	6%
2017	40%	52%	8%
2018	38%	52%	9%

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Release date

August 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1983 to 2018

Number of respondents

3,879 respondents

Supplementary notes

*Count is for the most recent survey year.

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