Religion in Hungary (2011 census)
Religion in Hungary (2011 census, respondent population)
Religion in Hungary has been dominated by forms of Christianity for centuries. At the 2011 census 38.9% of Hungarians were Catholics (both Greek and Roman), 13.8% were Protestants (11.6% were Calvinists, 2.2% were Lutherans), around 2% followed other religions, 16.7% were non-religious of which 1.5% were atheists. Other religions practiced in Hungary include Sunni Islam and Judaism.
According to new polls about Religiosity in the European Union in 2012 by Eurobarometer found that Christianity is the largest religion in Hungary, accounting for 71% of Hungarians.Catholics are the largest Christian group in Hungary, accounting for 58% of Hungary's citizens, while Protestants make up 7%, and other Christians make up 6%. Non-believers/agnostics account for 21% and atheists for 1%.
In the Eurostat–Eurobarometer poll of 2005, 44% of the Hungarians answered that they believed there is a God, 31% answered they believed there is some sort of spirit or life force, and 19% that they do not believe there is a God, spirit, or life force.
The most recent Pew Research Center, found that in 2015 76% of the population of Hungary declared itself Christians, 21% religiously unaffiliated—a category which includes atheists, agnostics and those who describe their religion as “nothing in particular”, while 3% belonged to other faiths. The Christians divided between 56% Roman Catholic, 13% Calvinists, 7% other Christians and less than 1% are Eastern Orthodox. While the religiously unaffiliated divided between 5% as atheists and 16% as nothing in particular.