Is it true that only one percent of German people go to church regularly?

Answer 1

According to Operation World: 21st Century edition, 2001, p.271 there is indeed a post-war exodus from organized Christianity which sped up in the last decades of the 20th century. It is also indeed the lowest in the old GDR where under the Communist regime Atheism was officially encouraged and taught. Here 80% are defined as unchurched and only 5% of the Protestant mainline churches had active membership and only 18% of the Catholics. German men are listed at the level of 3% involvement.

Answer 2

According to the religioustolerance website, a recent survey by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan showed that 14 per cent of the west German population attends church regularly, while the proportion in the former East Germany is only about five per cent. It should be noted that the website believes the real figures may be lower. It says that many Americans and Canadians tell pollsters that they have gone to church even though they have not, and it is difficult to predict whether this happens in other countries.