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 African Traditional Religions) 25% |
The 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% |
DR Congo | Christian 50%, African Traditional Religions 48%, Muslim 2% |
Ivory Coast | 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 mainly Roman Catholic, pagan practices |
Eritrea | Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
Ethiopia | Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, African Traditional Religions 12%, other 3%-8% |
Gabon | Christian 55%-75%, Muslim less than 1%, African Traditional Religions |
Gambia | 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 |
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% |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 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 40% of the Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of the Indians), indigenous beliefs and the African Traditional Religions 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,” CIA, USA. |