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Islam (0.42%) Hinduism (0.22%) Buddhism (0.19%) Judaism (0.03%) Other religion (0.28%) No religion (14.09%) Church of the Holy Cross in Coimbra. Christianity is the predominant religion in Portugal, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Portugal is a secular state and its constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
Demographics of Portugal. Demographic features of the population of Portugal include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. As of 2023, Portugal had an estimated population of 10,639,726 inhabitants. [1]
The Portuguese Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Portugal, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome, under the Portuguese Episcopal Conference. The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian organisation. It is Portugal's largest religion and its former state religion, and has existed in the ...
S. Sikhism in Portugal. Categories: Culture of Portugal. Religion by country. Religion in Europe by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, pronounced [ˈnɔsɐ sɨˈɲɔɾɐ ðɨ ˈfatimɐ]; formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima) is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal.
Protestantism in Portugal has long been a minority religion. After the Reformation, the Inquisition and the Portuguese government's religious intolerance outlawed the practice of non- Catholic faiths in the country, and those who followed them could not practice it openly. However, when the British began settling in Portugal in the 19th century ...
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.
Portugal is an overwhelmingly Christian majority country, with adherents of Islam being a small minority. According to the 2021 census, Muslims represent around 0.4% of the total population of the country. [2] However, many centuries back, Islam was a major religion in the territory of modern-day Portugal, beginning with the Muslim conquest of ...