Religion in Mexico

Observatory
The Observatory at Chichen Itza. Image credit: Rob Shenk.

Religion in Mexico Fast Facts

As of 2010, religious demographics in Mexico were estimated as follows:

  • Roman Catholic Christianity: 82.7%
  • other Evangelical Churches: 5%
  • none 4.7%
  • unspecified 2.7%
  • other 1.9%
  • Pentecostal Christianity: 1.6%
  • Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%

Summary of Religion in Mexico

Religiously, Roman Catholicism dominates Mexico today as it has for centuries.

Protestant Christianity is next largest distinguishable religious group. These numbers have increased in the last 100 years due to the influence of Pentecostal Christianity in particular.

Mexico has one of the largest numbers of Jehovah's Witnesses of anywhere in the world.

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