religion other than Catholicism accounted for approximately 2.4 percent of the Spanish population in 2023 according to the most recent data.
Although traditionally a Catholic country, Spain saw a decline in the number of believers over the past years. Compared to 2011, when the share of believers accounted for slightly over 70 percent of the Spanish population, the Catholic community lost approximately 17.8 percentage points of their faithful by July 2023 with a share of 52.9 percent of the surveyed population. Believers of a Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2023
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Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. "Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2023." Chart. July 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (2023). Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. "Share of The Spanish Population Who Consider Themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/ (last visited April 20, 2024)
Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2023 [Graph], Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, July 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/