Freedom of religion in Colombia

Freedom of religion in Colombia is enforced by the State and well tolerated in the Colombian culture. The Republic of Colombia has an area of 439,735 square miles (1,138,908 square kilometers) and its population is estimated at 46 million.

Although the government does not keep official statistics on religious affiliation, a 2010 limited survey found[1]

  • 70.0% Catholic
  • 0.9% Charismatic Catholic
  • 14.4% Evangelical Christian
  • 1.6% Pentecostal
  • 0.3% Charismatic Evangelicals
  • 0.4% Protestant
  • 2.5% Agnostic
  • 2.2% Atheist
  • 3.5% Theistic but no religion
  • 1.3% Jehovah's Witnesses
  • 0.5% Adventist
  • 0.1% Muslim
  • 2.2% no response

According to Latinobarómetro's 2017 survey, 73% of the population is Roman Catholic, 14% is Protestant, and 11% is atheist/ agnostic.

  1. ^ Cely, Beltrán; Mauricio, William (2013). Del monopolio católico a la explosión pentecostal' (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Centro de Estudios Sociales (CES), Maestría en Sociología. p. 101. ISBN 978-958-761-465-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2016.

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