 Other sources give different accounts of Italy's Islamic population, usually around 2%.According to the 2005 Eurobarometer poll (conducted on behalf of the European Commission), 74% of Italians "believe there is a God", 16% "believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 6% "do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God, or life force".Before the unification of Italy, a large part of the Italian peninsula was part of the Papal states.