Religion is part of the legacy of many families that transmit their faith from generation to generation and is a fundamental axis of the culture of this country.Although the change is in the making, a change in the beliefs of Mexicans is already being appreciated.
Last 2020 the Population and Housing Census 2020 of the INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography) was carried out, among the most relevant data on the habits of Mexicans has been the contraction of Catholics in Mexico in the last 10 years .
In Mexico, 126 million 14 thousand 24 people were counted in 2020
INEGI
That is, between 2010 and 2020, Catholicism is the one that lost the most parishioners, according to this census exercise. For 2010, INEGI recorded that 82.7% of the population in Mexico considered themselves openly Catholic, by 2020 they only added 77.7%, which is equivalent to 97.8 million people.
Although this figure does not diminish the overwhelming distance that Catholicism has as the hegemonic religion in the country, it is not a minor thing to think that a century ago it was a country that 99% of its inhabitants identified with this faith, now the fall is accentuated.
By 2020, Catholics only added 77.7%, which is equivalent to 97.8 million people
The contraction of Catholicism in Mexican is not a total reduction of Christianity, since in important regions of the north and south the evangelical churches increased their parishioners by almost 5%, placing themselves as the second largest religious group in the country, adding about 14 million people who identify with that faith.
It is in border cities in the north and rural communities in the south of the country that a growing dynamic of evangelical churches can be seen.
There are 10 million 211 thousand 52 people who do not identify with any religious belief
INEGI
However, the most controversial figure is the growing number of Mexican atheists. This population has doubled since 2012, today there are 10 million 211 thousand 52 people who do not identify with any religious belief. Although they are distributed throughout the country, their greatest concentration is in the main cities.