Roman Catholic was the most common religion affiliation in Mexico in 2023. In a survey carried out that year, roughly **** percent of Mexican respondents claimed to be of catholic faith. Mexico ranks among the Latin American countries with the highest share of Catholics. More than nine percent of respondents answered they didn't profess any religion.
In 2020, Mexico had a Muslim population of ***** people. Mexico City, with *****, was the state with the biggest Muslim community in the country. Mexico State was the only other federal entity with more than 1,000 Muslims.
According to a survey carried out in Mexico between 1995 and 2020, the share of Catholics in the country oscillated between 70 and 79 percent in these years. Evangelism reached its peak in 2010 and 2015, when seven percent of Mexicans claimed to be Evangelic. In 2020, 13.3 percent of respondents admitted to have no religion, 9.1 percent points more than in 1995.
In 2020, Mexico had a protestant and evangelical population of ********** people, the second most followed religion in the country, just behind Catholicism. During that year, **** percent of that population was 60 years of age or older. The second age group with the most catholic followers was between 10 and 14 years of age, with *** percent.
In 2020, Mexico had a protestant and evangelical population of ********** people, the second most followed religion in the country. The most southern Mexican state, Chiapas, concentrated almost *** million people of the religion. The Mexico State followed with around **** million evangelicals and protestants.
During a survey conducted in 2023, approximately 54 percent of respondents in 17 Latin American countries claimed to be catholic. Meanwhile, 14.9 percent of the people participating in the survey said they did not profess any religion.In Mexico, more than 69 percent of respondents said they professed Catholicism. Particularly in Honduras, Colombia and Ecuador, most Christians think religion is very important in their lives.
Persons and households
UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: no - Vacant Units: no - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: no
UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: Occupied dwelling with independent entryway used for shelter - Households: Group of persons, related or not, who live together under the same roof and share food expenses - Group quarters: Building used to shelter people for reasons of assistance, health, education, religion, confinement or service
Mexican citizens, including Mexican diplomats and their families resident in other countries; foreign residents, not including foreigners in diplomatic service or their families. The census sought to enumerate vagrants, the homeless, and transient workers. The current version of the microdata sample excludes persons living abroad.
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
MICRODATA SOURCE: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 8118242.
SAMPLE DESIGN: Systematic sample of private dwellings. Geographically sorted by population size (municipality and locality) to increase precision. Samples executed independently for each federal entity.
Face-to-face [f2f]
Separate enumeration form for each dwelling
The most practiced religion among young people in Mexico in 2019 was Roman Catholicism, with nearly ** percent of affiliation. The second most common religious affiliation among the Mexican youth was Jehovah's Witness, at *** percent. Nevertheless, that year, **** percent of young Mexicans believed that religion had little importance.
In 2020, the most affiliated religion for the Mexican population in the city of Monterrey was Catholicism accounting with **** percent of the population. Followed by the Evangelicalism and protestantism with a **** percent.
Approximately **** percent of young Mexicans stated in 2019 that religion was very important. One third of the youth in Mexico believed that religion was somewhat important. Moreover, around ** percent of young Mexicans had some trust in the church (not a specific one) and religious organizations.
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Mexique: Christians as percent of the total population: Pour cet indicateur, The Cline Center for Democracy fournit des données pour la Mexique de 1960 à 2013. La valeur moyenne pour Mexique pendant cette période était de 95.2 pour cent avec un minimum de 88.6 pour cent en 2013 et un maximum de 97.8 pour cent en 1960.
In 2020, the most affiliated religion for the Mexican population in the city of Guadalajara was Catholicism accounting with **** percent of the population. Followed by the Evangelism and Protestantism with *** percent.
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Mexique: Shia Muslims as percent of the total population: Pour cet indicateur, The Cline Center for Democracy fournit des données pour la Mexique de à . La valeur moyenne pour Mexique pendant cette période était de pour cent avec un minimum de pour cent en et un maximum de pour cent en .
In 2023, ** percent of respondents in Mexico said they believed in some kind of God. Four percent said they did not believe in God.
In 2020, Mexico had a catholic population of ********** people, by far the most followed religion in the country. Mexico State concentrated more than **** million, close to the double of the second state in the list, Jalisco. The capital Mexico City figured in the third place, with **** million Catholics.
In 2023, about ** percent of young people in Mexico reported attending mass or other religious services at least once a week. In contrast, ** percent reported attending only on a special occasion, such as a wedding or funeral.
Except for Uruguay, over ** percent of the population in all the selected Latin American countries defined themselves as Catholics in 2000. However, by 2023, that was the case in only three countries: Mexico, Peru and Colombia. Over this 20-year period, Panama experienced the largest decrease in the share of Catholic believers, plummeting from **** to **** percent.
In 2023, about 59 percent of young Mexicans surveyed said spirituality was present in their lives. Fewer than seven percent said they were not spiritual.
Based on the 2020 census, the majority of Filipino households were affiliated with the Roman Catholic religion, numbering about 86 million people. Meanwhile, there were roughly seven million Muslims in the country. The Philippines is one of the countries in the world with the highest population professing the Catholic faith, after Brazil and Mexico.
In 2020, Mexico had a Jew population of ****** people. More than a third of that population lived in Mexico State by that time. Mexico City had almost ****** Jewish people in this same year.
Roman Catholic was the most common religion affiliation in Mexico in 2023. In a survey carried out that year, roughly **** percent of Mexican respondents claimed to be of catholic faith. Mexico ranks among the Latin American countries with the highest share of Catholics. More than nine percent of respondents answered they didn't profess any religion.