It should come as no surprise that Christianity, and more particularly Catholicism, remains the dominant religion in France. Around two-thirds of French people identify as Christian, with about 83% of that number identifying as Roman Catholic and 14% identifying as Protestant.
Catholicism is the largest religion in France. During the pre-1789 Ancien Régime, France was traditionally considered the Church's eldest daughter, and the King of France always maintained close links to the Pope. However, the "Gallicanism" policy meant that the king selected bishops.
According to these church stats, Christianity is the largest religious group in Germany, with around 39.8 million adherents (47.7%) in 2024 of whom 19.8 million are Catholics (23.7%) and 18 million are Protestants (21.5%).
In terms of geographic origin, most of those born in the country where they reside are characterized by a low importance of religion in their life (France with 69% and the UK with 68%), reducing to 62% in the case of Spaniards and up to 43% in those residing in the United States.
Although Catholicism is still the first religion in France (29% of the French population report being Catholic), Islam is the religion of an increasing number of believers (10%) and continues to be the country's second religion.
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Around 52% of Spaniards identify as Catholic, while around 2.5% practice other faiths (including Islam and Protestant Christianity). Catholicism is everywhere and its influence can be seen in churches and museums, of course, but also in everyday life, with religious holidays and festivals.
Protestantism (part of Christianity) is the largest religious demographic in the United Kingdom. Before Protestantism reached England, the Roman Catholic Church was the established state church. Scotland, Wales and Ireland were also closely tied to Roman Catholicism.
And almost 500 years after King Henry VIII's split with Rome to create the Church of England, Catholicism is now more popular than Anglicanism in the 18-34 age group of churchgoers, with 41% identifying as Catholic, up from 22% in 2018, and compared with the 20% who say they are Anglican, down from 30%.
Most Muslims living in France are either North African immigrants or their offspring. Their presence in France results directly from French colonial rule over the three Maghreb countries (Algeria from 1830 to 1962, Tunisia 1881-1956, and Morocco 1912-1956).
The countries with the most people reporting no belief in any sort of spirit, god, or higher power are France (40%), Czech Republic (37%), Sweden (34%), Netherlands (30%), Estonia (29%), Germany (27%), Belgium (27%) and Slovenia (26%).
This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 August 2025. Religion in Norway is dominated by Lutheran Christianity, with 61.7% of the population belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in 2024. The Catholic Church is the next largest Christian church at 3.1% (status 2019).
The 2022 Polish government statistical yearbook, which publishes the membership figures for religious groups that voluntarily submit the information, reports 85 percent of the population identify as Roman Catholic.
The 1905 French law on the separation of Church and State removed the privileged status of the state religion (Catholic Church) and of the three other state-recognised religions (Lutheranism, Calvinism, Judaism), but left to them the use without fee, and the maintenance at government expense, of the churches that they ...
The majority of people living in Switzerland are Christians. 30.7 % are Roman Catholic, and 19.5 % Protestant. There are also other religions represented in Switzerland such as 6.0 % Muslim and 0.2 % Jewish.
In the 21st century, France has the largest Jewish population in Europe and the third-largest Jewish population in the world (after Israel and the United States). The Jewish community in France is estimated to number 480,000–550,000, depending in part on the definition being used.
Estimates of the percentage of Muslims in Russia (the biggest group of Muslims in Europe) vary from 5 to 11.7%, depending on sources. It also depends on if only observant Muslims or all people of Muslim descent are counted. The city of Moscow is home to an estimated 1.5 million Muslims.
France has a large Muslim minority. France's foreign policy towards Muslim countries and jihadist fronts. France is seen as the spearhead directed against jihadist groups in Africa, just as the United States is seen as the main force opposing jihadist groups elsewhere.
In North West England one in five are Catholic, a result of the high number of English recusants in Lancashire and large-scale Irish migration in the 19th century particularly centered in Liverpool.
Just a fifth of people in Scotland (20.4%) now say they identify with the Church of Scotland, which has lost a million followers since the dawn of the 21st century. The number of Roman Catholics has also fallen, down by more than 117,000 in the past decade to stand at 13.3% of the population.
After Christianity, the religions with the most adherents are Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, modern paganism, and the Bahá'í Faith. There are also organisations promoting irreligion, including humanism and atheism. In the 2021 census, Shamanism was the fastest growing religion in England.
Donald Trump was raised in his Scottish-born mother's Presbyterian faith, and publicly identified with it for most of his adult life, including during his 2016 presidential campaign.
38.8% identified as Christian with most of them declaring affiliation with the Church of Scotland (52.5% of Christians; 20.4% of the total population) and the Catholic Church (34.3% of Christians; 13.3% of the total population).
He became a member of the Church of England – somewhat to the disappointment of Tolkien, who had hoped that he would join the Catholic Church. Lewis was a committed Anglican who upheld a largely orthodox Anglican theology, though in his apologetic writings, he made an effort to avoid espousing any one denomination.
