Political Parties in Africa: Challenges for Sustained Multiparty

Table 3.4: Religious diversity in Africa
No Country Religions: share of the population
International Idea
1 Benin Indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%,
Islam 20%
2 Botswana Christian 72%, Badimo 6%, none 21%
(2001)
3 Burundi Roman Catholic 62%, indigenous beliefs
23%, Islam 10%
4 Cameroon Indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%,
Islam 20%
5 Cape Verde Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous
beliefs), Protestant (mostly church of the
Nazarene)
6 Central African Republic Indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant
and Roman Catholic (both with animist
influence) 25% each, Islam 15%
7 Chad Islam 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%,
other 7%
8 Comoros Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
9 Congo Christian 50%, animist 48%, Islam 2%
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%,
Kimbanguist 10%, Islam 10%, other
syncretism and indigenous religions 10%
11 Côte d’Ivoire Indigenous 25–40%, Islam 35–40%,
Christian 20–30%
12 Djibouti Islam 94%, Christian 6%
13 Equatorial Guinea Nominally Christian (predominantly
Roman Catholic), pagan practices
14 Eritrea Islam, Eritrean Orthodox Christianity,
Roman Catholic, Protestant
15 Ethiopia Islam 45–50%, Ethiopian Orthodox
Christianity 35–40%, animist 12%, other
3%
16 Gabon Christian 55–75%, animist, Islam less
than 1%
17 Gambia Islam 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous
beliefs 1%
18 Ghana Christian 63%, indigenous beliefs 21%,
Islam 16%
19 Guinea Islam 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous
beliefs 7%
20 Guinea-Bissau Indigenous beliefs 50%, Islam 45%,
Christian 5%
21 Kenya Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%,
indigenous beliefs 10%, Islam 10%,
others 2% (estimates vary widely)
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