More than 25 percent of the French are nonbelievers or unaffiliated; among the religious, Roman Catholicism remains dominant by a wide margin. France is the homeland of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin, but Protestant Christianity remains a small minority.
Religion in France
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Population | 68,084,217 2021 |
Religions (%) | Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28% |
Christianity | 37,940,000 2020 |
Unaffiliated | 20,830,000 2020 |
Islam | 5,430,000 2020 |
Judaism | 340,000 2020 |
Buddhism | 310,000 2020 |
Indigenous/Folk Religions | 250,000 2020 |
Other Religions | 110,000 2020 |
Hinduism | 40,000 2020 |