Religion
See also: Roman Catholicism in the Czech Republic1991 | 2001 | 2011 | ||||
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number | % | number | % | number | % | |
Roman Catholic Church | 4,021,385 | 39.0 | 2,740,780 | 26.8 | 1,083,899 | 10.3 |
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren | 203,996 | 2.0 | 117,212 | 1.1 | 51,916 | 0.5 |
Czechoslovak Hussite Church | 178,036 | 1.7 | 99,103 | 1.0 | 39,276 | 0.4 |
believers identified with another certain religions | 120,317 | 1.7 | 330,993 | 3.2 | 292,347 | 2.7 |
believers not identified with a certain religion | 707,649 | 6.7 | ||||
no religion | 4,112,864 | 39.9 | 6,039,991 | 59.0 | 3,612,804 | 34.2 |
no response, unknown | 1,665,617 | 16.2 | 901,981 | 8.8 | 4,774,323 | 45.2 |
total population | 10,302,215 | 10,230,060 | 10,562,214 |
Most of the Czech population prefer not responding on religious matters in Census (45.2%). Others claim to have no religion or that they are without religious affiliation (34.2%). Comparatively, one in every five claim to have some personal belief (20.6%).
Largest denomination is Roman Catholicism, estimated at 10.3% of the population, Protestant (0.5%), Hussites (0.4%). Other organized religions, including non-organized believers combined about (9.4%) (as of Census 2011).
According to the most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2005, 19% of Czech citizens responded that "they believe there is a god", whereas 50% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 30% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force", the lowest rate of EU countries after Estonia with 16%.
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of The Czech Republic
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