Religion in Hungary
Christianity is the largest religion in Hungary, with Catholicism and Calvinism being its main denominations.
In the national census of 2022, 42.5% of the population identified themselves as Christians; 29.2% of Hungarians were adherents of Catholicism (27.5% following the Roman Rite, and 1.7% the Greek Rite), 9.8% of Calvinism, 1.8% of Lutheranism, 0.2% of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and 1.5% of other Christian denominations.[1] 1.3% of the population identified themselves as adherents of other religions;[1] minorities practising Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, the Baháʼí Faith, Taoism, Ősmagyar vallás and other Neopaganisms, and New Age, are present in the country.[2] At the same time, 40.1% of the population did not answer, not identifying their beliefs or non-beliefs, while 16.1% identified themselves as not religious.[1]
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