Religion in Austria Among religions in Austria, Roman Catholic
Christianity is predominant. According to the 2001 census, 73.6%
of the country's population adhered to this denomination. As of
2010[update], the most recent year for which figures are
available, the number of Catholics has dropped to about 64.8% of
the population. There is a much smaller group of Lutherans,
totaling about 4.7% of the population in 2001, 3.8% in 2010.
Since the 2001 census these two historically dominant religious
groups in Austria recorded losses in the number of adherents.
The Roman Catholic Church reported a drop of ~9%, the Lutheran
Church of ~1%. In contrast, the number of Muslims in Austria has
increased in recent years, and with 4.2% of the population
calling themselves Muslim in 2001, up to around 5% to 6.2% in
2010, Muslims have overtaken Lutherans as the second largest
religious group. There are also minor communities of Hindus,
Sikhs, Buddhists and Jews, and other religions in Austria.
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