Portugal: number of residents, by minority religion 2021

In Portugal, the number of protestant or evangelical Christians increased sharply from 75.6 thousand in 2011 to 186.8 thousand in 2021. Simultaneously, other Christian faiths decreased in number of believers from over 163 thousand to almost 91 thousand. The number of Muslims presented a rise, reaching the value of almost 36.5 thousand in 2021.

Number of members of minority religions in Portugal from 2011 to 2021, by religion (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	2011	2021
Protestant/Evangelical	75.57	186.83
Other Christian	163.34	90.95
Jehovah's Witnesses*	-	63.61
Orthodox	56.55	60.38
Muslim	20.64	36.48
Other non Christian	28.6	24.37
Hindu*	-	19.47
Buddhist*	-	16.76
Jewish	3.06	2.91

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

Portugal

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

8,781,900 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* There is no data regarding the number of members of this religion in 2011.

The values have been rounded.

The majority of respondents answered the 2021 census online. However, other forms of response were possible, namely paper questionnaire and by telephone.

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