

Germany, for example, predicted a Muslim population of 21 percent while the actual Muslim population was four percent. This overestimation of the Muslim population is in line with the rest of Europe. In 2018, the Dutch population believed that 20 percent of the population was Muslim, even though only five percent were Muslim. By far the largest proportion, 69, identify with a Christian religion, including 35 who are Protestant, 22 Catholic and 12 who identify with another Christian religion or simply as a 'Christian.' Seven percent identify with a non-Christian religion, including 2 who are Jewish, 1 Muslim and 1 Buddhist, among others. It shows, therefore, that some religions see significantly higher participation rates despite a lower percentage identifying with it.ĭoes the percentage of Muslims in the Netherlands align with the perceived percentage of Muslims? Canadian census-based demographic research on religious affiliation in Ontario shows a. The highest participation rate is in the group 'other' with four percent, despite only 10 percent identifying in those religions. The most prominent religious group, the Roman Catholics, only saw a participation of three percent, the same as those identifying with the Protestant Church, despite only six percent identifying with that denomination. The percentage of people in the Netherlands who participate in a religion is not necessarily the same as that of people who identify with a religion. The majority of Christians belong to the Greek Orthodox Church but there are also. The percentage of people who identify as Muslim has remained the same at five percent over the years.ĭo the people who identify with a religion always participate? More than 92 of Jordanians are Muslims and approximately 8 are Christians.

never amounted to more than a small percentage of an evangelical population. 71.4 of Italians ascribe to Christianity making it the dominant religion in the country with Catholicism being the. In 2021, 14 percent of the Dutch population considered themselves a member of the three main protestant churches, the Dutch Reformed Church, the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. The Great Awakening swept the English-speaking world, as religious energy. The largest religious group in 2021 was the Roman Catholic group, with 18 percent of Dutch people identifying as Roman Catholic. Between 20 in the Netherlands, the percentage of people who do not identify with any religion increased from 45 percent to 57 percent.
