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