Census Records 30% Drop in Hungary’s Catholic Population
Alex Faludy
National Catholic Reporter
October 25, 2023
Arecent official census of religious identity in Hungary offered bad news for those concerned with the future of Christianity in central Europe. For the first time, a majority of Hungarians (67%) failed to declare membership of a faith tradition, with 27% declaring “no religion” and a further 40% choosing not to answer the question at all. While all the country’s main denominations were hit badly, results for the Roman Catholic Church, historically the nation’s majority tradition, were worst of all — a drop of 1.1 million (nearly 30%), compared to 2011. The numbers went from an estimated 3.69 million people identifying as Catholics in 2011 to 2.6 million today.
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