Papua New Guinea - Religions 2000

Religión Papua New Guinea

Christianity grow in Papua New Guinea while believers dropped

Christianity, with 96% of the population, is the religion of the majority of the population. A very hight percentage of population, 99.48%, confess to having religious feelings.

The latest survey data indicate believers share of Papua New Guinea population, has dropped to 99.48%. As to Christianity it has increased, the previous survey recorded 95.52% of the population professed it and according to the latest data 96% follow it.

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Papua New Guinea - Religions

Date	Christianity	Islam	Syncretic	Buddhism	Animist	Judaism	Baha’i	Other	Non-Religious
2000	96.00%	0.08%	0.05%	0.04%	2.50%		0.50%	0.31%	0.52%
1995	95.52%	0.03%	0.08%	0.16%	3.00%	0.01%	0.84%		0.36%
1990	95.01%	0.02%	0.07%	0.15%	3.68%	0.01%	0.73%	0.08%	0.24%
1985	95.41%	0.02%	0.08%	0.12%	3.16%	0.01%	0.67%	0.35%	0.18%
1980	95.68%	0.01%	0.09%	0.08%	2.50%	0.01%	0.60%	0.91%	0.11%
1975	97.01%		0.10%	0.06%	1.95%	0.01%	0.53%	0.28%	0.06%

Papua New Guinea - Religions