In Sweden, a large majority of the population define themselves as Christians. Based on a representative survey reflecting 7.9 million of the Swedish population, *** million of these define themselves as Christians, with ******* of these being very religious.

This statistic shows the result of a survey on religious identification in Sweden in 2017, by type. That year, the largest group of Swedish population (a share of 43 percent) participating in this survey identified themselves as non-practicing Christians. Only nine percent of respondents was practicing Christian, defined by the source as someone who goes to church at least monthly.

This statistic displays the estimated and actual Muslim population share in Denmark and Sweden in 2018. In Denmark, respondents on average guessed that ** out of every 100 people in Denmark were Muslims. In fact, *. percent of the Danish population was Muslim in 2018. Swedes estimated ** percent of every hundred people to be Muslim, but the actual number was * percent.

The share of Swedes who believe in God declined continuously since 2010. While ** percent of the respondents believed in God in 2010, the share had dropped by ** percentage points in 2024, amounting to ** percent.

Sweden: Shia Muslims as percent of the total population: The latest value from is percent, unavailable from percent in . In comparison, the world average is 0.0 percent, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Sweden from to is percent. The minimum value, percent, was reached in while the maximum of percent was recorded in .

Over the past decade, the share of the Swedish population who was a member of the Swedish Church decreased steadily from 70 percent in 2010 to 51 percent in 2024. This underlines the trend that religion is playing a smaller part in people's lives in Sweden. The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden and it was the state church between 1536 and 2000.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on the level of knowledge about religion in Sweden. That year, the largest religious knowledge of Swedish population (a share of 86 percent of respondents) had great or some knowledge about Christianity, whereas 14 percent had not much or no knowledge about Christianity. In contrast, only 40 percent of individuals said that they have a great or some knowledge about Judaism.

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Context

This list ranks the 7 cities in the Christian County, MO by Swedish 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 Swedish Population: This column displays the rank of city in the Christian County, MO by their Swedish population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Swedish Population: The Swedish population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Swedish. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total Christian County Swedish Population: This tells us how much of the entire Christian County, MO Swedish 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

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/.

About this dataset

Context

This list ranks the 4 cities in the Christian County, KY by Swedish 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 Swedish Population: This column displays the rank of city in the Christian County, KY by their Swedish population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Swedish Population: The Swedish population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Swedish. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total Christian County Swedish Population: This tells us how much of the entire Christian County, KY Swedish 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 Sweden, a majority of the respondents see themselves as Christian. Moreover, around ********* did not have any religious beliefs.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on Swedes agreeing or disagreeing to Muslims having an agenda to impose their religious law on everyone in their country. That year, the largest opinion, with a share of 57 percent of respondents, completely disagreed that Muslims wanted to impose their religious law, whereas 11 percent of Swedish people completely agreed that Muslims agenda was to impose their own religious law.

Suède: Christians as percent of the total population: Pour cet indicateur, The Cline Center for Democracy fournit des données pour la Suède de 1960 à 2013. La valeur moyenne pour Suède pendant cette période était de 92.9 pour cent avec un minimum de 88 pour cent en 2013 et un maximum de 96.6 pour cent en 1960.

In 2022, there were ******* members of Islamic communities under the umbrella of the Islamic Cooperation Council in Sweden. Additionally, there were over ******* members of Orthodox and Eastern Churches. More than half of the Swedish population were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden in 2022.

Suède: Muslims as percent of the total population: Pour cet indicateur, The Cline Center for Democracy fournit des données pour la Suède de à . La valeur moyenne pour Suède pendant cette période était de pour cent avec un minimum de pour cent en et un maximum de pour cent en .

In Sweden, ***** percent of the respondents stated that they had been discriminated against at work based on their religion, and *** percent had experienced religious discrimination when applying for a job.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on people in favor of legal abortion in Sweden, by religious identification. That year, the largest share of Swedish population was religiously unaffiliated, with a share of 98 percent of respondents in favor of abortion. Compared with the church-attending Christians reaching 79 percent of individuals, it was 19 percentage points higher.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on people agreeing that Islam is fundamentally incompatible with Sweden's culture and values. That year, the largest agreement of the Swedish population was church-attending Christians, with a share of 43 percent of respondents. Compared with the religiously unaffiliated reaching 33 percent of individuals it was ten percentage points higher.

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2017 on people in favor of same-sex marriage in Sweden in 2017, by religious identification. That year, the largest share of Swedish population was religiously unaffiliated, with a share of 94 percent of respondents in favor of same-gender marriage. Compared with the church-attending Christians reaching 65 percent of individuals it was 29 percentage points higher.

Government expenditure on religious and other community services increased since 2010. That year, public spending reached seven billion Danish kroner, a number that had increased to 8.8 billion by 2022.

In Sweden, a higher share of people regularly pray than go to religious services and ceremonies. In 2022, ** percent prayed regularly, whereas only *** percent went to religious ceremonies.