According to a survey conducted in 2019-2020, 55 percent of France's inhabitants who were also immigrants declared themselves to be Muslims. On the other hand, a large majority of French inhabitants with no migrant background declared themselves to be Catholics, indeed there were 77 percent of them who felt close to the Christian religion.
French population's religious affiliation in 2019-2020, by migration background
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Catholicism
Other Christian religions
Islam
Buddhism
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Insee. (March 30, 2023). French population's religious affiliation in 2019-2020, by migration background [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074191/distribution-muslims-nationality-france/
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