Percent Christian - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Christians as percent of the total population, 2013:

The average for 2013 based on 47 countries was 42.8 percent. The highest value was in Cape Verde: 94.4 percent and the lowest value was in Algeria: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2013. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The Cline Center for Democracy
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Countries Percent Christian, 2013 Global rank Available data
Cape Verde 94.4 1 1960 - 2013
DR Congo 89.8 2 1960 - 2013
Rwanda 83.7 3 1962 - 2013
Lesotho 78.7 4 1966 - 2013
Burundi 78.6 5 1962 - 2013
Malawi 77.1 6 1964 - 2013
Zambia 75.8 7 1964 - 2013
Kenya 73.3 8 1963 - 2013
Gabon 72.2 9 1960 - 2013
Botswana 70.4 10 1966 - 2013
Zimbabwe 69.1 11 1965 - 2013
Namibia 68.9 12 1990 - 2013
Uganda 68.3 13 1962 - 2013
Ghana 65.7 14 1960 - 2013
South Africa 63.1 15 1960 - 2013
Liberia 62.1 16 1960 - 2013
R. of Congo 61 17 1960 - 2013
Swaziland 61 18 1968 - 2013
Angola 58.4 19 1975 - 2013
C.A. Republic 56.6 20 1960 - 2013
Cameroon 48.3 21 1960 - 2013
Madagascar 47.7 22 1960 - 2013
Benin 46.1 23 1960 - 2013
Nigeria 45.4 24 1960 - 2013
Mozambique 44.9 25 1975 - 2013
Tanzania 44.3 26 1961 - 2013
Eritrea 43.5 27 1993 - 2013
Chad 39.7 28 1960 - 2013
Togo 32.5 29 1960 - 2013
Ivory Coast 32.3 30 1960 - 2013
Mauritius 27.6 31 1968 - 2013
Sierra Leone 24.3 32 1961 - 2013
Sudan 20.6 33 1960 - 2013
G.-Bissau 17.3 34 1960 - 2013
Ethiopia 15.9 35 1960 - 2013
Gambia 12.9 36 1965 - 2013
Guinea 12.6 37 1960 - 2013
Egypt 8.9 38 1960 - 2013
Burkina Faso 8.8 39 1960 - 2013
Senegal 3.1 40 1960 - 2013
Somalia 2.5 41 1960 - 2013
Mali 2.2 42 1960 - 2013
Djibouti 1 43 1977 - 2013
Niger 0.4 44 1960 - 2013
Morocco 0.1 45 1960 - 2013
Algeria 0 46 1962 - 2013
Comoros 0 47 1975 - 2013



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1. Cape Verde
2. DR Congo
3. Rwanda
4. Lesotho
5. Burundi
6. Malawi
7. Zambia
8. Kenya
9. Gabon
10. Botswana
11. Zimbabwe
12. Namibia
13. Uganda
14. Ghana
15. South Africa
16. Liberia
17. R. of Congo
18. Swaziland
19. Angola
20. C.A. Republic
21. Cameroon
22. Madagascar
23. Benin
24. Nigeria
25. Mozambique
26. Tanzania
27. Eritrea
28. Chad
29. Togo
30. Ivory Coast
31. Mauritius
32. Sierra Leone
33. Sudan
34. G.-Bissau
35. Ethiopia
36. Gambia
37. Guinea
38. Egypt
39. Burkina Faso
40. Senegal
41. Somalia
42. Mali
43. Djibouti
44. Niger
45. Morocco
46. Algeria
47. Comoros
94.4
89.8
83.7
78.7
78.6
77.1
75.8
73.3
72.2
70.4
69.1
68.9
68.3
65.7
63.1
62.1
61.0
61.0
58.4
56.6
48.3
47.7
46.1
45.4
44.9
44.3
43.5
39.7
32.5
32.3
27.6
24.3
20.6
17.3
15.9
12.9
12.6
8.9
8.8
3.1
2.5
2.2
1.0
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.0
0
23.6
47.2
70.8
94.4


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