Slightly more people in the Netherlands say they are religious - DutchNews.nl

The decline in the number of Dutch people who belong to a church or other religious movement is stagnating. In 2023, 42 percent of respondents said they belonged to a church, mosque or synagogue, compared to 44 percent last year, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). In the decades before that, the number of believers had been steadily declining. In 2010, 55 percent said they belonged to a church or religious group. The group that calls its…

Slightly more people in the Netherlands say they are religious - DutchNews.nl

There has been a marginal increase in the number of people in the Netherlands who say they are part of...

Hey look, figures from Statistics Netherlands about how (non)religious the Dutch are. Conclusion: religion matters again. "In 2024, 44 percent said they belonged to a church, mosque or synagogue, a small increase compared to the 42 percent a year earlier." For the non-religious crusaders: believers are still in the minority, where in 2014 they still had the upper hand with 51%. In 2015, ten years ago already (Jesus, how time flies!), it was stil…

Number of religious people in Netherlands increases for the first time

A larger group of people indicated last year that they belonged to a religious movement than in 2023. Since Statistics Netherlands (CBS) started this measurement in 2010, the share of religious people in the Netherlands has decreased every year. That decline stopped in 2024. Last year, 44 percent of respondents indicated that they belonged to a church, mosque, or synagogue, compared to 42 percent a year earlier. In 2010, 55 percent of the popula…

For the first time in 12 years a slight rise religious Dutch people - World News

The falling trend of the number of Dutch people who say they are religiously stagnates. In fact, the number of Dutch people who belong to a ecclesiastical current in 2024 has risen slightly for the first time since 2013 compared to the previous year. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reports this on Friday. Whereas in 2023 around 42 percent of the Dutch were counted as a religious group, this number was 44 percent in 2024. In 2010, 55 perce…