Religious affiliation in Colombia 2020

According to a survey carried out in Colombia, the share of Catholics decreased by more than 18 percent between 1996 and 2020. Evangelism experienced the opposite trend, growing from 3.4 to 15.7 percent in the same time period. As of 2020, 10.3 percent of the surveyed Colombians claimed that they had no religion.

Religious affiliation in Colombia from 1996 to 2020

Characteristic	Catholic	Evangelic	Jehovah's Witness	Pentecostals	Protestant	No religion	Other	Don't know / don't answer
2020	68.9%	15.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.2%	10.3%	1.6%	1.7%
2015	75.2%	15.4%	0.2%	0.7%	0.1%	6.3%	1.1%	0.9%
2005	81.3%	1.8%	0.8%	0.8%	7.2%	5.6%	1.3%	1.3%
1996	87.3%	3.4%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	4.5%	3.3%	0.3%

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

Colombia

Survey time period

1996 to 2020

Number of respondents

1,200 in the last survey

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

"Other" includes Baptist evangelic, Methodist evangelic, Adventist, Jewish, Mormon, Afroamerican religion, "believer without formal affiliation to any religion", Agnostic, Atheist.

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