Religion in the Netherlands was historically dominated by Christianity between the 10th and 20th centuries. In the late 19th century, roughly 60% of the population was Calvinist and 35% was Catholic. Since then, there has been a significant decline in both Catholic and Protestant Christianity, with Protestantism declining to such a degree that Catholicism became the majority form of the Christian religion. The majority of the Dutch population is secular. A relatively sizable Muslim minority also exists.
Religion in the Netherlands
Religión en Holanda
Religion in den Niederlanden
The Constitution of the Netherlands guarantees freedom of education, which means that all schools that adhere to general quality criteria receive the same government funding. This includes schools based on religious principles by religious groups. There are also some political parties in the States General (CDA, CU and SGP) are based upon the Christian belief. Several Christian religious holidays are national holidays (Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, and the Ascension of Jesus).
荷兰的宗教
La Religion aux Pays-Bas
الدين في هولندا
In 2015, 82% of the Netherlands’ population said they never or almost never visited a church, and 59% stated that they had never been to a church of any kind. Of all the people questioned, 24% saw themselves as atheist, an increase of 11% compared to the previous study done in 2006. Ietsism, or spirituality, is rising according to research done in 2015. In 2019, Statistics Netherlands reported that non-religious people were in the majority for the first time. Only 49% of people older than 15 years identified as religious, compared to 54% in 2012. The largest denomination was still Catholicism at 24%, while 5% identified with Islam.
Religie in Nederland
Религия в Нидерландах
Hinduism is a minority religion in the Netherlands, representing 0.6% of the Dutch population in 2015. Most of these are relatively recent first or second-generation Indo-Surinamese immigrants, South Asians who had been resident in the former Dutch colony of Suriname. Buddhists represent 0.4% of the Dutch population in 2015.
Religious Jews represent 0.1% of the Dutch population in 2015. Because of its social tolerance, the Dutch Republic formed a haven for Jews that were persecuted because of their beliefs throughout Europe. The majority of Jews lived in Amsterdam, where they formed an eighth (90,000) of the population. During the Second World War, about 75% of Dutch Jews were deported and murdered in The Holocaust.
Hollanda’da Din
नीदरलैंड में धर्म
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