These agreements with the countrys four predominant religions Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, and Judaism are legally binding and provide the religious groups with certain tax exemptions and the ability to buy and sell property, open a house of worship, and conduct other legal business. In May, the former leader of the Islamic Federation of the Canary Islands faced hate crimes charges for antisemitic social media posts from 2014-2017. Although prosecutors originally requested two years imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty, the courts sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment (served as a two-year suspended sentence) and a mandatory course in tolerance. Chart. Retrieved from https://www.learnreligions.com/spain-religion-history-and-statistics-4797953. [29] The appeals court determined the womans actions were not guided by public or collective interest in criticism, but rather with the intention of vilifying or offending Catholics. 15.02% (male 3,861,522/female 3,650,085) Centro de Investigaciones Sociolgicas. Today, Islam is the second largest religion in Spain, after Roman Catholicism, accounting for about 3% of the total population. 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Spain, An official website of the United States Government. Then you can access your favorite statistics via the star in the header. Show sources information While there are extensive traditions of Jewish halakhic and theological discourse, there is no final dogmatic authority in the tradition. Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues. Religious Demography The U.S. government estimates the total population at 50 million (midyear 2020 estimate). Learn more about how Statista can support your business. In January, an unknown individual threw a large rock through the door of a mosque in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, destroying a wood panel. The constitution states no one may be compelled to testify about his or her religion or beliefs. The Apostle James brought the doctrine of Christianity to the Iberian Peninsula, according to legend, and he was later established as the patron saint of Spain. That is nearly 7 gigawatts of new solar in one year, and the country is not slowing down. Several religious groups cited continuing obstacles to providing religious education and the integration of teachers of religion in schools, given the legal requirement for a minimum of 10 interested students to initiate non-Catholic religious education classes in public schools. Source: UN World Population Prospects[15], The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. Mormonism believes earlier Christian traditions, such as the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant reform faiths, are apostasies and that Joseph Smith's revelation of the Book of Mormon is a restoration of true Christianity. After that time, the birth rate fell during the 1980s and Spain's population became stalled. Also in April, a court in Tocoronte in the Canary Islands sentenced a man to two years imprisonment for xenophobic and anti-Muslim social media posts, including references to taking out a mosque, in 2017 and 2018. )", "Macrobarmetro de octubre 2019, Banco de datos - Document 'Poblacin con derecho a voto en elecciones generales y residente en Espaa, Galicia (aut. Protestant clergy are eligible to receive social security benefits, including health insurance and a government-provided retirement pension with a maximum credit of 15 years of service, but pension eligibility requirements for these clergy are stricter than for Catholic clergy. p.16", "Explotacin estadstica del censo de ciudadanos musulmanes en Espaa referido a fecha 31/12/2012", "Facts and Figures 2021/2022 school year", "Datos y Cifras del Sistema Universitario Espaol (Publicacin 2021-2022)", "Qu es un colegio concertado: caractersticas, ventajas y polmicas", Build Spanish population graph 1960 - 2013 (World Bank data), Build Spanish population projection graph till 2100 (United Nation data), Build Spanish life expectancy at birth graph 1950 - 2013 (United Nation data), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Spain&oldid=1157604236, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2008, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2022, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2008, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2022, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2018, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 47,163,418 98% to 99%+ is White (2022 est.). In December, the city and center cohosted a public Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony. Status of Government Respect for Religious Freedom, Section III. Franco banned divorce, contraception, abortion, and homosexuality. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set The proportion who responded strongly agree or tend to agree with the following statements were the interests of Jews in this country are very different from the interests of the rest of the population (21 percent); there is a secret Jewish network that influences political and economic affairs in the world (17 percent); Jews have too much influence in this country (9 percent); Jews will never be able to fully integrate into this society (8 percent); Jews are more inclined than most to use shady practices to achieve their goals (11 percent); many of the atrocities of the Holocaust were often exaggerated by the Jews later (10 percent); Jews are also to blame for the persecutions against them (10 percent); Jews exploit Holocaust victimhood for their own purposes (11 percent). Shamanistic beliefs are organized around a shaman or medicine man who - as an intermediary between the human and spirit world - is believed to be able to heal the sick (by healing their souls), communicate with the spirit world, and help souls into the afterlife through the practice of entering a trance. As average population is an estimate of the population in the middle of the year and not end of the year. )", "Macrobarmetro de octubre 2019, Banco de datos - Document 'Poblacin con derecho a voto en elecciones generales y residente en Espaa, Castilla - La Mancha (aut. 1975. "Distribution of the Spanish population as of September 2022, by religious beliefs ." In February, the consulate general in Barcelona invited the Director of the European Association for the Promotion of Jewish Heritage and Culture and founder of Catalonias first Jewish cultural center to participate in a virtual embassy-sponsored exchange program on interfaith dialogue and religious freedom. [33][34], Spanish missionaries carried Catholicism to the Americas and the Philippines, establishing various missions in the newly colonized lands. Approximately 89.9% of the population is of Spanish ethnicity, and 10.1% are of a foreign ethnicity. 108th out of 143. FEREDE and other religious organizations reacted positively when the government lifted or reduced restrictions in later months, although they urged caution among their congregations. [12], The following demographic statistics are from the World Population Review in 2019.[13]. Jehovah's Witnesses structure their faith on the Christian Bible, but their rejection of the Trinity is distinct from mainstream Christianity. Throughout the year, media reported on the ongoing efforts of the Muslim community to establish such an agreement in Badajoz, Extremadura, where city officials voiced opposition to ceding control of a portion of the municipal cemetery to that community. Its sacred texts include the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament (or the Christian Gospels). Syncretic (fusion of diverse religious beliefs and practices) Cao Dai: a nationalistic Vietnamese sect, officially established in 1926, that draws practices and precepts from Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Catholicism. Section I. A graphic illustration of the enormous social gulf in this field is the fact[citation needed] that a Spanish family would need to have 57 children to enjoy the same financial support as a family with 3 children in Luxembourg[citation needed]. Spanish Statistical Office. In the centuries that followed, Spain saw itself as the bulwark of Catholicism and doctrinal purity; since then, Catholicism has been the main religion in Spain. Centro de Investigaciones Sociolgicas. Only 10% of Spain's youth - between the ages of 15 and 29 - consider themselves practicing Catholics. If you are an admin, please authenticate by logging in again. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa contain the highest percentages of non-Christians; nearly 50 percent of the population in both cities is Muslim. In 2021 the Total Fertility Rate of Spain (average number of children per woman) was 1.19, and 3.7% was the percent of births to women that were their 4th+ child. Their scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib - also known as the Adi Granth - is considered the living Guru, or final authority of Sikh faith and theology. Several religious groups cited continuing obstacles to providing religious education and integrating teachers of religion in schools, given the legal requirement for a minimum of 10 interested students to initiate non-Catholic religious education classes in public schools. Spain Religions Factbook > Countries > Spain > Demographics Religions: Roman Catholic 58.2%, atheist 16.2%, agnostic 10.8%, other 2.7%, non-believer 10.5%, unspecified 1.7% (2021 est.) . September 1, 2022. The government has a bilateral agreement with the Holy See that grants the Catholic Church additional benefits not available to the three other groups with which the government has agreements: Muslims, Protestants, and Jews. FCJE reported the organization remained involved in the laws adjudication process and that it devoted considerable resources to supporting the ministrys efforts. The Pluralism and Coexistence Foundation conducted several outreach campaigns, including hosting virtual events, aimed at promoting a better understanding of different religions and respect for religious freedom. Learn Religions, Feb. 8, 2021, learnreligions.com/spain-religion-history-and-statistics-4797953. It continued working with religious groups on the opening and operation of places of worship, the impact of religious education, and the effects of discrimination and limits to religious freedom in the workplace. 5% of the Swiss population are Muslim, most of whom originate from the Balkans and Turkey and mainly live in the cities. By law, authorities may investigate and prosecute criminal offenses committed by neo-Nazi groups as terrorist crimes. Issues discussed included access to permits for places of worship, religious education, cemeteries and burial, religiously motivated hate crimes, and hate speech. During the war, the anti-government Republicans allegedly slaughtered thousands of clergymen, stirring outrage from the pro-government Francistas, the political affiliates of General Francisco Franco, who would serve as dictator from 1939 to 1975. to incorporate the statistic into your presentation at any time. Portugal has no official religion, though in the past, the Catholic Church in Portugal was the state religion. In April, the Charge dAffaires posted a series of messages on social media marking the beginning of Ramadan and highlighting the importance of religious freedom as well as the inclusion of and respect for religious minority communities. If the Office of Religious Affairs deems an applicant for registration a nonreligious group, the applicant may instead be included in the Register of Associations maintained by the Ministry of the Interior. Groups registered in the Registry of Religious Entities maintained by the Office of Religious Affairs in the Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with Parliament, and Democratic Memory (Ministry of the Presidency) may buy, rent, and sell property, and may act as a legal entity in civil proceedings. Many cultural Catholics practice religion a la carte, blending elements of different religions to define their spiritual beliefs. Other variants on Protestant Christianity, including Pentecostal movements and independent churches, may lack one or more of these elements, and their leadership and beliefs are individualized and dynamic. The formerly nomadic Gitanos and Mercheros are distinctly marked by endogamy and discrimination but they are dispersed through the country. Each year, more than 200,000 people walk the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of Saint James, a traditionally Catholic Pilgrimage. As of June, the government had received more than 150,000 petitions and had granted citizenship to approximately 60,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews. Unlike Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana schools maintain the Buddha-nature is present in all beings and all will ultimately achieve enlightenment. (2021, February 8). The courses are not mandatory. FCJE officials said they did not consider the lack of Jewish education classes to be problematic because of the availability of, and preference for, private religious instruction in the Jewish community. Roman Catholic 58.2%, atheist 16.2%, agnostic 10.8%, other 2.7%, non-believer 10.5%, unspecified 1.7% (2021 est.) Regional governments are responsible for developing curricula and financing teachers for religious education, with the exception of Andalusia, Aragon, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, which leave the curricula and financing of education to the national government in accordance with their respective regional statutes. In June, a Madrid court sentenced a man to a six-month suspended sentence and three years probation under a plea agreement with the prosecutors office for physically and verbally assaulting a Muslim woman on the metro. Sources: Our World In Data and the United Nations. The source does not specify to which year each figure refers to. Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, Office of the U.S. [35][36][37], The Spanish Constitution of 1978 abolished Catholicism as the official state religion, but recognizing the role it plays in Spanish society. Modekngei: a hybrid of Christianity and ancient Palauan culture and oral traditions founded around 1915 on the island of Babeldaob. Catholic and Jewish clergy may include time spent on missions abroad in calculations for social security and may claim retirement pension credit for a maximum of 38.5 years of service. Learn Religions. Atheism: the belief that there are no deities of any kind. It works closely with the Office of Religious Affairs. Taken together, all self-described "Evangelicals" slightly surpass Jehovah`s Witnesses (105,000) in number. Formulated in the 1860s, it holds that God lives in all of us and strives to convert society into a paradise on earth, populated by believers transformed into intelligent moral beings with a high social conscience. 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Christianity, specifically Catholicism, spread throughout the peninsula during the Roman Empire and into the Visigoth occupation. The cities of Bilbao, Burgos, Cartagena, Castellon, Fuenlabrada, Guadalajara, Malaga, Olivenza, and Valladolid joined the initiative. The government rejected approximately 3,000 petitions for various reasons and continued to address outstanding cases. The Department of Religious Affairs and the regional ministry of interior published a guide for law enforcement agencies that provided police with tools to respect religious diversity in their operations. Like Italy, Spain is known as a graveyard for Protestant missionaries. )", "Macrobarmetro de octubre 2019, Banco de datos - Document 'Poblacin con derecho a voto en elecciones generales y residente en Espaa, La Rioja (aut. Baha'i - Founded by Mirza Husayn-Ali (known as Baha'u'llah) in Iran in 1852, Baha'i faith emphasizes monotheism and believes in one eternal transcendent God. The NGO Observatory for Religious Freedom and Conscience (OLRC) reported 148 religiously motivated incidents including two assaults in the first 10 months of the year, 33 fewer than in approximately the same period of 2020. Muslim community representatives in Cordoba discussed funereal challenges, such as the lack of religiously appropriate protocols to bury Muslims who died while experiencing homelessness. The law imposes the same penalties against an individual who publicly disparages those who do not profess any religion or belief. In September, the UNESCO Association for Interreligious Dialogue (AUDIR), a Catalan NGO, organized its sixth Night of Religions in Barcelona, in which 40 places of worship representing 15 different religious groups opened their doors to local residents. Religious affiliation by denomination Spain 2018 Published by Teresa Romero , Oct 11, 2022 This statistic presents the share of the Spanish population affiliated with a religious denomination. Baha'i revelation contends the prophets of major world religions reflect some truth or element of the divine, believes all were manifestations of God given to specific communities in specific times, and that Baha'u'llah is an additional prophet meant to call all humankind. Members of religious groups without this status must be married in a civil ceremony. Throughout the year, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) called for the government to reform the part of the penal code that criminalizes offending religious sentiments, which, it stated, unduly restricted freedom of expression. In a 2019 census, 1.2% of the population did not list any religious or irreligious affiliation. Private religious schools that do not receive public funds must additionally obtain authorization to function from regional educational authorities. teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (also known as Gautama Buddha "the enlightened one"). There were instances of members of parliament and local government officials using derogatory language against Jews and Muslims. Holy Week in Seville is a major cultural religious event. Wind is the biggest installed source of electricity now in Spain. (September 1, 2022). As a Premium user you get access to background information and details about the release of this statistic. As of 2020, there were 7,231,195 foreign-born people in Spain, making up to 15.23% of the Spanish population including 5,015,263 (10.57%) born in a non-European country. It provides funding to non-Catholic religious denominations that have a cooperation agreement with the government in support of activities that promote cultural, educational, and social integration. Basic Groupings Catholicism (or Roman Catholicism): This is the oldest established western Christian church and the world's largest single religious body. After centuries of outwards emigration, the first events of, 1991. Compulsory education begins with primary school or general basic education for ages 616. In, Centro de Investigaciones Sociolgicas. In order to live an Islamic life, believers must follow the five pillars, or tenets, of Islam, which are the testimony of faith (shahada), daily prayer (salah), giving alms (zakah), fasting during Ramadan (sawm), and the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj). Christianity by country. Rastafarian: an afro-centrist ideology and movement based on Christianity that arose in Jamaica in the 1930s; it believes that Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930-74, was the incarnation of the second coming of Jesus. Of the incidents, 110 (74 percent) targeted Christians, nine were against Muslims, three against Jews, and 26 were classified as being against all faiths. The penal codes definition of hate crimes includes acts of humiliation or disrespect against victims because of their religion, with penalties of one to four years in prison. Several religious groups reported financial challenges due to COVID-19, with many of their members unable to make the same levels of charitable donations as in previous years. According to a ministry official, the figures in the annual report only included officially filed complaints and not incidents gathered from press reports. [4] The data shows that more women than men chose to move to Spain during 2022, this is due to higher rates of emigration from Latin America.[4]. 50%. Shia Islam represents 10-20% of Muslims worldwide, and its distinguishing feature is its reverence for Ali as an infallible, divinely inspired leader, and as the first Imam of the Muslim community after Muhammad. First some facts and figures. CIE also requires instructors to have a certificate of training in Islamic education. Catalonia was. El INE elabora y distribuye estadisticas de Espana. Establishment of tax deductions for parents. Those who identify as irreligious can be undecided about spirituality, or they may not believe in anything at all. Use Ask Statista Research Service, The source asked the question in the following way: "How do you define yourself in religious matters: Catholic, believer in another religion, non-believer or atheist? Show sources information The rest are predominantly North African, Eastern European and Western European. Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools Religious self-definition in Spain ( CIS survey; sample size: 3,935; February 2023) [1] Practicing Catholic (18.5%) Non-Practicing Catholic (37.5%) Believer in another religion (2.7%) Agnostic (12.6%) Indifferent/Non-believer (12.3%) Atheist (14.9%) Did not answer (1.5%) Spain paid clergy wages and subsidised Church activities - but that decision was reversed under the new, secular constitution of 1931. Respect for the kamis in nature is a key Shinto value. 49.5%. His government controlled all media and police forces, and it mandated the teaching of Catholicism in all schools, public and private. Under the penal code, it is a crime to prevent or disrupt religious services or to offend or scorn religious beliefs, ceremonies, or practitioners. In August, reports stated that the OLRC reiterated concerns regarding the suspension or interruption of religious services during a conversation with Interior Minister Fernado Grande-Marlaska. The Ministry of Justice continued processing applications under the 2015 law that provided descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from the country more than 500 years ago the right of return as full Spanish citizens, as long as the applications were submitted before the laws expiration in September 2019. FCJE reported schools were usually unaware of Jewish holidays as provided for in the accord between FCJE and the state but were often amenable to modifying school schedules to accommodate students when informed of these holidays. [19], The largest metropolitan areas in 2007 were:[23]. The birth rate has climbed in 10 years from 9.10 births per 1000 people per year in 1996 to 10.9 in 2006, before declining again to 7.13 by 2021. Religion in Spain. 12.99% (male 3,177,080/female 3,319,823) Documentation required is usually the same as for other business establishments seeking to open a venue for public use and includes information such as architectural plans and maximum capacity. Published by Teresa Romero , Oct 11, 2022 According to a survey conducted in Spain in September 2022, 35.2 percent of respondents stated they considered themselves lapsed Catholic. Sunni has four schools of Islamic doctrine and law - Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali - which uniquely interpret the Hadith, or recorded oral traditions of Muhammad. From the end of the Francoist dictatorship to the present day, a secularization process has taken place that has meant a progressive decrease in religious practice, in the attendance at the different religious rites (baptisms, communions and Catholic marriages) and in the percentage of Spaniards who identify as Catholic,[39] Consequently, a majority of Spaniards today ignore Catholic doctrines on matters such as pre-marital sex, homosexuality and contraception. Members of these organizations said the committee composed of government officials, religious representatives, and experts on religious issues previously met several times per year. It is primarily a form of polytheistic shamanism, but includes elements of animism and ancestor worship. 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