Religious Distribution
| Country | Christianity % of total population |
Islam % of total population |
Traditional religions and other % of total population |
Sourcen1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - Central Africa - | ||||
| Angola | 95 | 0.5 | 4.5 | |
| Cameroon | 69.2 | 20.9 | 9.9 | |
| Central African Republic | 80.3 | 10.1 | 9.6 | |
| Chad | 34 | 53 | 13 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 95.6 | 1.5 | 2.9 | |
| Republic of the Congo | 90.7 | 1.3 | 8 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 93 | 1 | 6 | |
| Gabon | 73 | 10 | 17 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 97 | 2 | 1 | |
| - East Africa - | ||||
| Burundi | 75 | 5 | 20 | |
| Comoros | 2 | 98 | 0 | |
| Kenya | 78 | 10 | 12 | |
| Madagascar | 41 | 7 | 52 | |
| Malawi | 79.9 | 12.8 | 7.3 | |
| Mauritius | 32.2 | 16.6 | 51.2 | |
| Mayotte | 3 | 97 | 0 | |
| Mozambique | 56.1 | 17.9 | 26 | |
| Réunion | 84.9 | 2.1 | 13 | |
| Rwanda | 93.6 | 4.6 | 1.8 | |
| Seychelles | 93.1 | 1.1 | 5.8 | |
| Tanzania | 30 | 35 | 35 | |
| Uganda | 84 | 12 | 4 | |
| Zambia | 87 | 1 | 12 | |
| - Horn of Africa - | ||||
| Djibouti | 6 | 94 | 0 | |
| Eritrea | 62.5 | 36.5 | 1 | |
| Ethiopia | 62.8 | 33.9 | 3.3 | |
| Somalia | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
| - North Africa - | ||||
| Algeria | 1 | 99 | 0 | |
| Egypt | 10 | 90 | 0 | |
| Libya | 1 | 97 | 2 | |
| Morocco | 1.1 | 98.7 | 0.2 | |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
| South Sudan | 50 | 0 | 50 | ? |
| Sudan | 3 | 97 | 0 | |
| Tunisia | 1 | 98 | 1 | |
| - Southern Africa - | ||||
| Botswana | 71.6 | 0.3 | 28.1 | |
| Lesotho | 90 | 0 | 10 | |
| Namibia | 90 | 0 | 10 | |
| South Africa | 79.7 | 1.5 | 18.8 | |
| Swaziland | 90 | 1 | 9 | |
| Zimbabwe | 84 | 1 | 15 | |
| - West Africa - | ||||
| Benin | 42.8 | 24.4 | 32.8 | |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 61 | 16 | |
| Cape Verde | 99 | 0 | 1 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 32.6 | 38.6 | 25.0 | |
| Gambia | 9 | 90 | 1 | |
| Ghana | 69 | 15.6 | 15.4 | |
| Guinea | 10 | 85 | 5 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 10 | 50 | 40 | |
| Liberia | 85.6 | 12.2 | 2.2 | |
| Mali | 5 | 90 | 5 | |
| Mauritania | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
| Niger | 5 | 90 | 5 | |
| Nigeria | 48.2 | 50.4 | 1.4 | |
| Senegal | 5 | 94 | 1 | |
| Sierra Leone | 21 | 77 | 2 | |
| Togo | 48 | 14 | 38 | |
- ^ The most recent census data are used.
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