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Christians as percent of the total population, 2013:

The average for 2013 based on 43 countries was 46.5 percent. The highest value was in Cape Verde: 94.4 percent and the lowest value was in the Comoros: 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
Burkina Faso 8.8 38 1960 - 2013
Senegal 3.1 39 1960 - 2013
Somalia 2.5 40 1960 - 2013
Mali 2.2 41 1960 - 2013
Niger 0.4 42 1960 - 2013
Comoros 0 43 1975 - 2013



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