Demographics of The Czech Republic - Religion

Religion

See also: Roman Catholicism in the Czech Republic

Religious affiliations in the Czech Republic, census 1991–2011

	1991		2001		2011
	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%.