Brazil, with Evangelicals growing in number while Catholics declined.
The figures for Catholic and Evangelic believers in El Salvador show opposite trends, according to a survey conducted in the country between 2004 and 2019. Until 2006, Catholic believers made up more than half the population, while evangelicals totaled 28.9 percent in that year. However, it is estimated that by 2020 those figures would become quite close, with 40.6 percent of Salvadoran identifying themselves as Catholics and 38.53 percent as Evangelicals. The share of those without a religion also reached the highest estimated figure in 2020, with 18.47 percent. A similar movement was observed in another Latin American country, Changes in religious affiliation in El Salvador between 2004 and 2020, by religion
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La Prensa (Salvador). (April 16, 2019). Changes in religious affiliation in El Salvador between 2004 and 2020, by religion [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255976/change-of-religious-affiliation-el-salvador/
La Prensa (Salvador). "Changes in religious affiliation in El Salvador between 2004 and 2020, by religion." Chart. April 16, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255976/change-of-religious-affiliation-el-salvador/
La Prensa (Salvador). (2019). Changes in religious affiliation in El Salvador between 2004 and 2020, by religion. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255976/change-of-religious-affiliation-el-salvador/
La Prensa (Salvador). "Changes in Religious Affiliation in El Salvador between 2004 and 2020, by Religion." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255976/change-of-religious-affiliation-el-salvador/
La Prensa (Salvador), Changes in religious affiliation in El Salvador between 2004 and 2020, by religion Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255976/change-of-religious-affiliation-el-salvador/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Changes in religious affiliation in El Salvador between 2004 and 2020, by religion [Graph], La Prensa (Salvador), April 16, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255976/change-of-religious-affiliation-el-salvador/