Germany's share of Protestants has decreased at faster rate than Catholics % who are
Declines in the shares of Protestants and Catholics have been accompanied by a rising share of the religiously unaffiliated, who accounted for 30% of Germans in 2010, up from fewer than 4% in 1950. And recent research indicates that the share of Muslims in Germany also has been growing in recent years, due in large part to immigration.
Germany's share of Protestants has decreased at faster rate than Catholics  | % who are  | 59%  | 45%  | 43% Catholic  | 37%  | 33%  | 30% Catholic  | 30% Religiously unaffiliated  | 28% Protestant  | 29% Protestant  | 24% Religiously unaffiliated  | 17%  | 10% Other religions  | 6% Other religions  | 5%  | 4% *  | 1950  | 2010  | Raised  | Today  | Based on church membership rolls  | According to survey self-dentification  | *The 1950 statistics combine those who fall within "religiously unaffiliated" and "other religions into one category.  | Note: Statistics based on church membership rolls include both adults and children, while survey self- identification only includes  | adults ages 18 and older "Other religions includes smaller religions and Christians that are neither Catholic nor Protestant; in  | the survey data, this also includes those who choose not to self-identify Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.  | Source: Church membership roll data from the 2013 Bertelsmann Stiftung report Religiositat und Zusammenhalt in  | Deutschland Selfidentification data from Pew Research Center survey conducted April-August 2017  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 