What are the major religions in the Netherlands?

Answer 1

The Netherlands don't have a state religion and the biggest group, 48% of the population, is non religious. 27% is Catholic, 16% Protestant, 1% other Christian streams, 6% is Islamic and 2% belongs to another religion. The Netherlands or Nederland is predominantly irreligious as shown in many recent polls. However historically it has been Protestant Christian. The Roman Catholic Church is currently the largest organized sect of Christianity as the trend of irreligiousness has affected the Protestants more than the Catholics.

Answer 2

The Netherlands is one of the more secular countries in the Western Europe, with only 39% being religiously affiliated (31% for those aged under 35), although 62% are believers (but 40% of those not in the traditional sense). Fewer than 20% visit church regularly.

Numbers from December 31, 2005:

o Roman Catholicism 27.0 %

o Protestantism 15.7 %

o Hinduism aproximately 1.0%

o Budhisme aproximately 1.0%

o Judasim 0.3%

o Islam 5.8%

Answer 3

Roman Catholic 30%,

Dutch Reformed 11%,

Calvinist 6%,

other Protestant 3%,

Muslim 5.8%,

other 2.2%,

none 42%

(2004 survey)

It is ultimately a country that is not heavily swayed or affected by any religion or its beliefs, though.

Answer 4

Officially and Historically: Protestant

Here are the numbers From 2004-2008

Roman-Catholic: 29%

Reformed(Hervormd): 9%

PKN (protestantse Kerk in Nederland) : 6%

Reformed(Gerefomeerd): 4%

And due To Immigration, Muslim: 4%

Other: 4 %

No denomination(Religion): 42%

That means the Major Religion top 3 is:

1.None

2.Roman-Catholic

3.Reformed(hervormd)

Answer 5

The Netherlands is one of the most secular countries in Western Europe. The most people are atheïst. Currently Roman Catholicism is the single largest religion of the Netherlands. The Protestant Church of the Netherlands followed . the Dutch Reformed Church and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and a smaller Lutheran Church. Other Protestant churches, mostly orthodox Calvinist splits, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Netherlands Sikh,and Jewish . and muslum and people who are black

Answer 6

Most people are Roman Catholic. Officially the Netherlands is a protestant country, because our royals are protestant. Lately, because of immigration, we also have a lot of muslims. But almost every religion can be found in the Netherlands.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Most people in the Netherlands don't have a religion. But there are still a lot people who have a religion. We have a lot of religions here, like Jew's, Christian's, Moroccans. ;)

Answer 9

Roman Catholic