In 2023, the most prevalent religious affiliation in Brazil was Roman Catholic. Approximately ** percent of Brazilian respondents identified as Catholic, while the second-most selected religion was Evangelical, with around ** percent of the population surveyed.

The share for Catholic and Evangelic believers in Brazil show opposite trends. While in 1994 Catholics gathered 75 percent of the Brazilian population, it is estimated that in 2032 this figure will drop to 39.8 percent. Meanwhile Evangelicals, which at the beginning of the indicated period were only 14 percent of the population, are estimated to reach 38.6 percent by 2032, a growth of 24.6 percentage points. Nevertheless, in 2019, Brazilian catholic believers were still the largest group, with 51 percent.

As of December 2019, biracial people* constitued the largest part of both Catholicism and Evangelism believers in Brazil, with 41 and 43 percent, respectively. Only two percent of believers in both faiths were natives.

This survey examines religious affiliation, belief, and practice, demographic factors, and views on social issues (divorce, euthanasia, abortion, homosexuality, etc.) in Brazil.

A survey carried out in Brazil showed that more than two-thirds (68 percent) of believers in Afro-Brazilian religions, such as Umbanda or Candomblé, have suffered prejudice because of their religion. On the other hand, 83 percent of catholic respondents stated they never suffered prejudice due to their faith. Brazilians of Afro-Brazilian religions had also the highest share of disapproval rate of Bolsonaro's government and a high rate of women from this faith defining themselves as feminists.

In 2022, 34 percent of young people aged between 16 and 24 residing in Rio de Janeiro claimed to have no religion. Additionally, 32 percent identified themselves as Evangelical and a further 17 percent said that they were Catholic. The non-religious affiliation between young people in Rio de Janeiro diverges significantly from the overall religious affiliation reported in Brazil in 2020.

About this dataset

Context

This list ranks the 7 cities in the Christian County, IL by Brazilian population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in each city over the past five years.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, including:

• 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Variables / Data Columns

• Rank by Brazilian Population: This column displays the rank of city in the Christian County, IL by their Brazilian population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Brazilian Population: The Brazilian population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Brazilian. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total Christian County Brazilian Population: This tells us how much of the entire Christian County, IL Brazilian population lives in that city. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• 5 Year Rank Trend: This column displays the rank trend across the last 5 years.

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Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

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Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Abstract Background Studies on “Spirituality, religion and health” (R/S) have been increasing worldwide, including in Brazil. Mapping this production can help researchers to understand this field and also to identify gaps in the Brazilian R/S studies. Objective To analyze the Brazilian scientific articles on “Religion, Spirituality and Health” available on the main electronic databases using a bibliometric approach. Methods A comprehensive review of four major databases (PubMed, Scopus, BVS and Web of Science) was conducted. Three reviewers performed the data analysis. Off-topic articles, articles from Portugal, books and thesis were excluded. Articles were then classified by: Publication year, journal, Central focus in R/S, Academic Area, Main topic and Study Type. Results From 3,963 articles found, 686 studies were included in the final analysis (320 had central focus on R/S). There was an increase of articles in the last decade (most observational), with predominance of mental health issues, and from journals in the field of psychiatry, public health and nursing. Discussion This study enabled us to widen our understanding about how the field of “spirituality, religion and health” has been established and how this field is increasing in Brazil. These findings can help in the development of future Brazilian studies.

About this dataset

Context

This list ranks the 4 cities in the Christian County, KY by Brazilian population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in each city over the past five years.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, including:

• 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Variables / Data Columns

• Rank by Brazilian Population: This column displays the rank of city in the Christian County, KY by their Brazilian population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Brazilian Population: The Brazilian population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Brazilian. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total Christian County Brazilian Population: This tells us how much of the entire Christian County, KY Brazilian population lives in that city. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• 5 Year Rank Trend: This column displays the rank trend across the last 5 years.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

In 2023, ** percent of respondents in Brazil said they believed in some kind of God. Five percent said they did not believe in God.

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of Brazilian Christian Church

Abstract This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork, carried out in an Umbanda temple placed in São Paulo city (Brazil). It analyzes the process of ‘becoming religious’ through engagement, contact and contagion that Umbanda followers set up with plants. The argument is built on reports of beginners—called ‘developing mediums’—mães and pais-de-santo and their experiences of feeling, perceiving and allowing the action of plants in the composition of their states and ways of being. The reports shared in this ethnography seek to show that, while the Umbanda followers collect, pray and prepare their plants to be used in their daily practices, as a way of self-elaboration (or, closer to the Umbanda temple language, to ‘self-develop’), the plants also develop themselves through humans: they promote meetings and constructions from their own (and autonomous) skills. In this process, it is up to humans to accept and teach the younger people a certain education and perception of affection caused by plants in the composition of what they are.

According to a survey conducted in Brazil in 2019, Catholics and Evangelics aged between 45 and 59 years constituted the largest group, with 26 and 23 percent, respectively. Furthermore, biracial people composed the largest part of both Catholicism and Evangelism believers in Brazil.

Abstract Brazil has witnessed, in recent decades, radical transformations in its religious composition, with a great proliferation of evangelical churches, which compete with each other, adopting active and mobilizing positions, typical of productive enterprises. This paper analyzes some dimensions of this reality, in light of proposals from the Rational Choice of Religion approach, which is still little explored in Brazil. Thus, it makes clear to administration scholars, still absent from the area, the importance and scale of the observed phenomenon, and also the relevance of the new theoretical framework.

A survey conducted in Brazil in 2019 showed that above 53 percent of women of catholic, evangelic and Kardecist religion did not consider themselves as feminists. On the other hand, 57 percent of women with no religion (or agnostic) and 61 percent of Afro-Brazilian religions, such as umbanda, defined themselves as feminists.

In 2023, 66 percent of the population believes that there should be a connection between politics and religion in Brazil. Of those, 48 percent strongly agreed with the statement. In contrast, 32 percent disagreed that there should be a connection between politics and religion in Brazil.

According to a survey carried out in April 2021 in Brazil, 39 percent of respondents practiced their faith only at home, up from 30 percent six months before. The most common religious practice in October 2020 was watching the mass on television or on the Internet, with 45 percent. Only 14 percent of those interviewed went to the church or temple at that time.

Abstract This article presents a research made, in large part, from original sources, focused on the painter Carlos Oswald (1882-1971) considering the relation between art and religion, as he was a member the Order of St. Gregory and dedicated himself to sacred art, topics discussed in previous publications. The singularity of the aforementioned painter resides in his establishing of connections between the arts. The article highlights Oswald's artistic and literary works, education and religion, produced concurrently to a deepening of the studies on Brazilian Catholic sacred art, during the end of the 19th and the middle of the 20th century. The research stresses the participation of the Catholic Church in Brazil in the composition of sacred art and the effects of its universal patterns in aesthetic works.

Descriptive statistics of the variables used as predictors for the three groups: Anxiety that started pre-COVID-19 and during the pandemic (chronic anxiety), anxiety that started only during the pandemic (acute anxiety), and without chronic and acute anxiety group.

According to a survey from November to December 2021, Facebook was the most used social media platform for political information by all major religious groups in Brazil. Instagram ranked second among Catholic and Evangelical respondents, ranking third behind YouTube among respondents who follow none of these religions or do not have one at all. Overall, 78 percent of the survey's participants claimed to use social media for political discussion in the country in 2021.