| Algeria |
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%. |
| Angola |
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.). |
|
Benin |
indigenous beliefs 70%, Muslim 15%, Christian 15% |
|
Botswana |
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50% |
|
Burkina Faso |
indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic)
10% |
|
Burundi |
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs
23%, Muslim 10% |
|
Cameroon |
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
|
Cape Verde |
Roman
Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of
the Nazarene) |
|
Central African Republic |
indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%,
other 11%
note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian
majority |
|
Chad |
Muslim
50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25% |
|
Comoros |
Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2% |
|
Congo,
Dem. Rep. of the |
Roman
Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other
syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs 10% |
|
Congo, Rep. of the |
Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2% |
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
Muslim
60%, Christian 22%, indigenous 18% (some of these are also numbered
among the Christians and Muslims) |
|
Djibouti |
Muslim 94%, Christian 6% |
|
Egypt |
Muslim
(mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6% |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices |
|
Eritrea |
Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
|
Ethiopia |
Muslim
45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8% |
|
Gabon |
Christian 55%-75%, Muslim less than 1%, animist |
|
Gambia, The |
Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
|
Ghana |
indigenous beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8% |
|
Guinea |
Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7% |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5% |
|
Kenya |
Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%,
other 1% |
|
Lesotho |
Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20% |
|
Liberia |
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
|
Libya |
Sunni Muslim 97% |
|
Madagascar |
indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7% |
|
Malawi |
Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs |
|
Maldives |
Sunni Muslim |
|
Mali |
Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1% |
|
Mauritania |
Muslim 100% |
|
Mauritius |
Hindu
52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim
16.6%, other 3.1% |
|
Mayotte |
Muslim
97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) |
|
Morocco |
Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2% |
|
Mozambique |
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
|
Namibia |
Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to
20% |
|
Niger |
Muslim
80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians |
|
Nigeria |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% |
|
Reunion |
Roman
Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995) |
|
Rwanda |
Roman
Catholic 65%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 1%, indigenous beliefs and other 25% |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day
Adventist) |
|
Senegal |
Muslim
92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic) |
|
Seychelles |
Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2% |
|
Sierra Leone |
Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10% |
|
Somalia |
Sunni Muslim |
|
South
Africa |
Christian 68% (includes most whites and Coloreds, about 60% of blacks
and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians),
indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5% |
|
Sudan |
Sunni
Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in
south and Khartoum) |
|
Swaziland |
Christian 60%, indigenous beliefs 40% |
|
Tanzania |
mainland - Christian 45%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 20%; Zanzibar -
more than 99% Muslim |
|
Togo |
indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10% |
|
Tunisia |
Muslim
98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1% |
|
Uganda |
Roman
Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% |
|
Western Sahara |
Muslim |
|
Zambia |
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
|
Zimbabwe |
syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%,
indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1% |
|
Source: "the World Factbook 2000", CIA, USA. |
