Religion in Kurdistan

Religion in Kurdistan (2017)

  Non-denominational Islam (38.5%)

  Sunni Islam (21.7%)

  Shia Islam (6.3%)

  Ahmadiyya (2.8%)

  Other Islamic Sects (0.7%)

  Atheism (11.2%)

  Spirtual (4.8%)

  Christianity (11.34%)

  Yazidi (2.8%)

  Jewish (0.14%)

  Other (0.84%)

Islam is the largest religion in Kurdistan according to the state, with 70% of the population being automatically registered by the state as Muslim,for anyone whose parents are not of any other officially recognised religion and remaining 11.2% are not religious, 11.34% are Christians and 0.84% are others religion affiliation.

In a poll conducted by Sabancı University, 70% of Kurdistan revealed they were Muslim. Most Muslims in Kurdistan are non-denominational. Sunnis forming about 55%, Sunni Islam denominations in total form about 31% of the Muslim population and Shia (Alevis, Ja'faris, Alawites) 9%. Among Shia Muslim presence in Kurdistan there is a small but considerable minority of Muslims with Ismaili heritage and affiliation. Christians (Oriental Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic) and Jews (Sephardi), who comprise the non-Muslim religious population, make up more than 11.48% of the total. Irregilion people make up 16% percent. with atheist making up 80%.

Kurdistan is officially a secular country with no official religion since the constitutional amendment in 1928