{"id":72301,"date":"2015-04-02T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2015\/04\/02\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:58:03","slug":"latin-america-and-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin America and the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christians are expected to remain the largest religious group in Latin America and the Caribbean in the decades ahead, growing by 25% from 531 million in 2010 to 666 million in 2050.[1. numoffset=&#8221;59&#8243; The Latin America-Caribbean region includes 46 countries and territories. For estimates of the size of religious groups in specific countries in 2010 and 2050, see <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/04\/PF_15.04.02_ProjectionsAppendixC.pdf\">Appendix C<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/religious-projection-table\/\">online sortable tables<\/a>.] The region\u2019s unaffiliated population is forecast to have the largest percentage increase (44%), growing from 45 million in 2010 to 65 million in 2050. The number of adherents of folk religions is projected to grow by 43%, from 10 million to 14 million.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This analysis does not project the size of religious subgroups. But in many Latin American countries, there has been considerable movement from Catholicism to various Protestant groups and denominations in recent decades, and this movement is expected to continue in coming decades.[2. See the Pew Research Center\u2019s November 2014 report \u201cReligion in Latin America.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2014\/11\/13\/religion-in-latin-america\/\">https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2014\/11\/13\/religion-in-latin-america\/<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;5e746cb65aad1624049972fc1bdfe5ba&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"5e746cb65aad1624049972fc1bdfe5ba\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/151-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22996\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f7f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f7f2f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22996 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/04\/151.png\" alt=\"Size and Projected Growth of Major Religious Groups in Latin America and Caribbean, 2010-2050\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/h3>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;factors-driving-change&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"factors-driving-change\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Factors Driving Change<\/h3>\n\n<h4 id=\"fertility\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fertility<\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/152a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22995\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eae5e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eae5e2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" class=\"wp-image-22995 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/04\/152a.png\" alt=\"Total Fertility Rates of Religious Groups in Latin America and Caribbean, 2010-2015\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Total Fertility Rate of the religiously unaffiliated population in Latin America and the Caribbean is 2.3 children per woman in the 2010 to 2015 period, higher than the rate for any other religious group in the region. The relatively high fertility of the unaffiliated contributes to the group\u2019s expected growth as a share of the region\u2019s population. The fertility rate of Christians in the region is 2.2, equal to the regional rate and slightly above the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total Fertility Rates for other religious groups were considerably lower than the regional average and the replacement level.<\/p>\n\n<h4 id=\"age-structure\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Age Structure<\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/152b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22994\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-115816\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/04\/152b.png\" alt=\"Age Breakdown of Religious Groups in Latin America and Caribbean, 2010\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The median age of the religiously unaffiliated (26) in the Latin America-Caribbean region was slightly younger than that of Christians (27) and the overall population (27) in 2010. By contrast, the median age of Hindus (32) and those belonging to folk religions (35) was considerably higher.<\/p>\n\n<h4 id=\"religious-switching\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Religious Switching<\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/153-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22993\"><img data-dominant-color=\"898887\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #898887;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"wp-image-115818 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/04\/153.png\" alt=\"Projected Religious Composition of Latin America and Caribbean in 2050, With and Without Religious Switching\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The religiously unaffiliated population in Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to grow in part because of religious switching. (For information on the impact of religious switching on the demographic projections in this report, see <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/main-factors-driving-population-growth\/#religious-switching\">Chapter 1<\/a>.) In a projection scenario with no religious switching, the unaffiliated share of the region\u2019s population in 2050 (8.0%) would remain about the same as it was in 2010 (7.7%). Taking into account projected patterns of religious switching, however, the unaffiliated share of the population is expected to be nearly 9% by mid-century.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Religious switching also is expected to result in an increase in the proportion of people in Latin America and the Caribbean who identify with folk religions, including Candombl\u00e9, Umbanda and Spiritism.[3. Spiritism is a growing religion in Brazil. For more information on religious change in Brazil and the Spiritist movement, see the Pew Research Center\u2019s July 2013 report \u201cBrazil\u2019s Changing Religious Landscape.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2013\/07\/18\/brazils-changing-religious-landscape\/\">https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2013\/07\/18\/brazils-changing-religious-landscape\/<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Christian share of the region\u2019s population in 2050 is expected to be modestly smaller as a result of religious switching.<\/p>\n\n<h4 id=\"migration\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Migration<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millions of migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean are projected to move out of the region in the decades ahead, and many are expected to move to the United States. But this northward migration is not expected to dramatically change the religious composition of the Latin America-Caribbean region. Consequently, the report does not show different projection scenarios with and without migration for this region. (For more information on the impact of migration on the demographic projections in this report, see <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/main-factors-driving-population-growth\/#migration\">Chapter 1<\/a>.)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christians are expected to remain the largest religious group in Latin America and the Caribbean in the decades ahead, growing by 25% from 531 million in 2010 to 666 million in 2050.[1. numoffset=&#8221;59&#8243; The Latin America-Caribbean region includes 46 countries and territories. 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