This graphic shows the forecasted number of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, religiously unaffiliated people, believers in folk religions and in other religions in France in 2022. With almost 36 million people identifying themselves as Christians, Christianity was the most represented religion in France. Furthermore, about 24.2 million people considered themselves as religiously unaffiliated.
This statistic shows the feeling of belonging to a specific religion among people in France in a survey from 2022. It displays that half of respondents stated that they felt linked to Christianism, when around 40 percent of them declared they felt bound to no religion. .
According to a survey conducted in April 2023 in France, more than 60 percent of responding non-Practicing Catholics stated that they did believe in God, whereas 80 percent of respondents of a religion other than Catholicism declared that did believe in God's existence. Finally, 94 percent of Practicing Catholics respondents were believers.
The graph shows the distribution of young people aged from 18 to 30 years old according to their religious affiliation in France in 2023. The survey displays that 52 percent of the respondents declared no religion. Moreover, 22 percent of them declared themselves as Christians. The second religion among French young adults was Islam with 12 percent of the respondents who stated Islam as their religion.
This statistic illustrates the religious affiliation of the French population in France in February and March 2018. That year, around 41 percent of the interviewed population declared themselves to be Catholic. The majority of the sample considered themselves to be without religion.
The statistic shows the distribution of the French population in 1994 and in 2014, according religious beliefs and practices. It appears that, over these twenty years, the share of respondents who considered themselves to believers decreased from 45 percent in 1994 to 36 percent in 2014. French people considering they were neither religious, nor believer nor attached to a community without being a believer were 32 percent in 1994 and 39 percent in 2014.
According to a survey conducted in 2019-2020, 55 percent of France's inhabitants who were also immigrants declared themselves to be Muslims. On the other hand, a large majority of French inhabitants with no migrant background declared themselves to be Catholics, indeed there were 77 percent of them who felt close to the Christian religion.
According to a survey conducted in France in April 2023, 44 percent of the respondents affirmed they believed in God, and there were 56 percent of the surveyed who defined themselves as non- believers. Since 1947, French people's faith in God kept slightly decreasing, indeed in that year there were 66 percent of respondents affirming they believed in God, and there were only 55 percent in 2004.
In 2021, more than half of the anti-religious acts identified by the Ministry of the Interior concerned the Christian community. According to the source, these were mainly attacks on religious property. The second most affected community was the Jewish community in France (35.5 percent of anti-religious acts).
This statistic shows the distribution of individuals in France in 2023, according to their relationship to religion. It appears that 37 percent of respondents declared themselves as believers in one of the monotheistic religions, while 45 percent stated they were non-believers.
This statistic illustrates the religious affiliation of young people aged 18 to 30 years in France in March 2018, by gender. According to the survey, almost half of women of this age reported having no religious affiliation, compared to 40 percent of men. The second most represented category was the catholic religion, fairly equally distributed amon men and women with each 41 and 43 percent, respectively.
This statistic shows the frequency of religious practices among surveyed in France in 2020. It displays that almost the majority of French respondents said they never had any religious practices. On the other hand, six percent of respondents declared that they practiced their religion everyday or almost everyday.
This statistic represents the religious affiliation of young people aged 18 to 30 in France in March 2018, by religious observance. More than two thirds of the young practitioners were Catholic. Among the non-practicing young French people, 78 percent were of catholic religion.
According to a survey conducted in 2023, only 12 percent of Catholics in France went to church or temple weekly. On the other hand, one Protestant out of four went to church or temple weekly. Catholics tended to go more often but mostly when gathering for a special event or for major religious holidays, like Christmas.
According to a survey conducted in April 2023 in France, the younger generation was more likely to be a non-believer when older generations had more faith in God. Indeed, only 36 percent of the 18-24 years old French respondents affirmed they believed in God, when in comparison, 50 percent of the 65 and older age group declared themselves as believers.
According to a survey conducted in 2024, a large majority of the French respondents believed France was a country of Catholic culture and tradition. Indeed, there were 84 percent of those surveyed who thought that way.
This statistic reveals the religious affiliation of young people aged 18 to 30 in France in March 2018, depending on their employment situation. From the graph, it can be seen that more than 50 percent of those looking for work declared themselves to be without religion. Most of actives in an office were catholics.
This statistic shows the number of places of worship in France in 2014, by religious affiliation. In that regard, Catholicism was the most present religion in France: with a total number if 45,000 churches, it had the highest number of places of worship throughout the country. In comparison, there were 2,450 mosques and 420 synagogues in France the same year.
In 2021, 70 percent of French people of the Muslim faith were supportive of the general principle of public funding of religious services, compared to 20 percent of those without religious affiliation. Support for this principle was substantially higher among residents of the Alsace-Moselle region (except for Muslims), where the concordat regime, in force between 1802 and 1905 in France, is still in effect.
During the Holocaust, approximately six million Jews were killed. In France, the Jewish population had decreased by 140,000 individuals between 1939 and 1945. It then increased between the end of World War II and the 1970s, reaching 530,000 individuals in 1970. However, according to the source, the number of Jews in France has declined by more than 15 percent between that period and 2020, and is now estimated to be 442,000.
This graphic shows the forecasted number of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, religiously unaffiliated people, believers in folk religions and in other religions in France in 2022. With almost 36 million people identifying themselves as Christians, Christianity was the most represented religion in France. Furthermore, about 24.2 million people considered themselves as religiously unaffiliated.