Scotland's Census 2011 - National Records of Scotland
Religion (detailed)
All people
Religion category (by descending number of people)
Scotland
Religion category (alphabetic listing)
Scotland
All people
5,295,403
All people
5,295,403
Church of Scotland
Roman Catholic
Other Christian (including Christian related)
Church of England
Christian
Baptist
Episcopalian
Protestant
Evangelical
Pentecostal
Methodist
Free Church of Scotland
Jehovah's Witness
Scottish Episcopal Church
Orthodox Church
Brethren
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Anglican
Salvation Army
Presbyterian
Non Denominational
Lutheran
Congregational Church
United Reform Church
Church of Ireland
Independent
Church
United Free Church of Scotland
Greek Orthodox
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Free Presbyterian
1,717,871
841,053
291,275
66,717
36,208
26,224
21,289
16,609
13,229
12,357
10,979
10,896
8,543
8,048
6,057
5,583
4,651
4,490
4,100
3,553
2,872
2,184
2,078
2,021
2,020
1,933
1,909
1,514
1,502
1,339
1,197
Agape
Agnostic
Anglican
Animism
Apostolic Church
Atheist
Baha'I
Baptist
Believe in God
Brahma Kumari
Brethren
Buddhist
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Chapel
Charismatic
Child of God
Chinese Church
Chinese religion
Christadelphian
Christian
Christian Fellowship
Christian Scientist
Christian Spiritualist Church
Church
Church in Wales
Church of All Religion
Church of England
Church of God
Church of Ireland
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Church of Scotland
42
1,818
4,490
44
552
2,848
459
26,224
216
17
5,583
12,795
44
117
898
11
19
123
352
36,208
164
142
26
1,909
453
15
66,717
263
2,020
4,651
1,717,871
Seventh Day Adventist
Churches of Christ
Other Christian
Charismatic
Russian Orthodox Church
Church of the Nazarene
Independent Evangelist
Apostolic Church
Unitarian
Church in Wales
Christadelphian
Reformed
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Church of God
Coptic Orthodox Church
Nonconformist
Christian Fellowship
Dutch Reformed Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Christian Scientist
Ecumenical
House Church
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Chapel
Greek Catholic
Interdenominational
Full Gospel Assembly
Serbian Orthodox Church
Romanian Orthodox Church
Free Evangelical Church
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Agape
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Moravian
Christian Spiritualist Church
Mennonite
Ukrainian Catholic
The Methodist Church in Wales
Orthodox Catholic Church
1,017
979
919
898
819
785
572
552
490
453
352
345
313
263
191
173
164
159
147
142
135
134
132
117
96
76
68
61
60
58
57
44
42
35
26
26
25
23
21
20
Church of the Nazarene
Churches of Christ
Confucianist
Congregational Church
Coptic Orthodox Church
Deist
Druid
Dutch Reformed Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Eckanar
Ecumenical
Episcopalian
Evangelical
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
Free Church of Scotland
Free Evangelical Church
Free Methodist
Free Presbyterian
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
Free thinker
Full Gospel Assembly
Greek Catholic
Greek Orthodox
Heathen
Heavy Metal
Hindu
House Church
Humanist
Independent
Independent Evangelist
Interdenominational
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Jain
Jedi Knight
Jehovah's Witness
Jewish
Lutheran
Mennonite
785
979
15
2,078
191
74
245
159
147
31
135
21,289
13,229
313
19
10,896
58
11
1,197
132
14
37
68
96
1,502
150
597
16,327
134
2,992
1,933
572
76
47
106
11,746
8,543
5,887
2,184
25
Chinese Church
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
Scottish Presbyterianism
Free Methodist
Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Child of God
United Church of Canada
1
Other Christian denominations
Other Religions
Muslim (Islam)
2
Hindu
Buddhist
Sikh
Jewish
Pagan
Spiritualist
Mixed Religion
Wicca
Spiritual
Baha'I
Taoist
Druid
Rastafarian
Believe in God
Scientology
Satanism
Own belief system
Heathen
Pantheism
Chinese religion
Ravidassia
Jain
Shamanism
Zoroastrian
Witchcraft
Deist
Universalist
Occult
19
19
14
12
11
11
11
11
76
136,049
76,737
16,327
12,795
9,055
5,887
3,467
3,396
1,774
949
799
459
326
245
220
216
188
171
152
150
135
123
108
106
92
86
81
74
73
67
Methodist
Mixed Religion
Moravian
Muslim (Islam)
Mysticism
New Age
No religion
Non Denominational
Nonconformist
Occult
Orthodox Catholic Church
Orthodox Church
Other Christian
Other categories 1
Own belief system
Pagan
Pantheism
Pentecostal
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Protestant
Rastafarian
Ravidassia
Realist
Reconstructionist
Reformed
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Religion not stated
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Roman Catholic
Romanian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
Salvation Army
Satanism
Scientology
Scottish Episcopal Church
Scottish Presbyterianism
Secularist
Serbian Orthodox Church
Seventh Day Adventist
10,979
1,774
26
76,737
14
66
1,921,018
2,872
173
67
20
6,057
919
1,370
152
3,467
135
12,357
3,553
11
16,609
220
108
27
31
345
57
368,039
1,339
841,053
60
819
4,100
171
188
8,048
12
18
61
1,017
New Age
Traditional African religion
Theism
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Animism
Shintoism
Unification Church
Reconstructionist
Eckanar
Thelemite
Brahma Kumari
Vodun
Church of All Religion
Confucianist
Mysticism
1
Other religions
No Religion
No religion
Jedi Knight
Humanist
Atheist
Agnostic
Heavy Metal
Free thinker
Realist
Secularist
1
Other
Religion not stated
1) Religion categories with 10 or fewer people.
2) Excludes Jain and Raja Yoga.
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For further information on variables, see www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/variables
66
60
54
47
44
43
39
31
31
21
17
15
15
15
14
1,279
1,941,116
1,921,018
11,746
2,992
2,848
1,818
597
37
27
18
15
368,039
Shamanism
Shintoism
Sikh
Spiritual
Spiritualist
Taoist
The Methodist Church in Wales
Theism
Thelemite
Traditional African religion
Ukrainian Catholic
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Unification Church
Unitarian
United Church of Canada
United Free Church of Scotland
United Reform Church
Universalist
Vodun
Wicca
Witchcraft
Zoroastrian
92
43
9,055
799
3,396
326
21
54
21
60
23
35
39
490
11
1,514
2,021
73
15
949
81
86