GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ADHERENTS OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA (percentage relative to the population of each
country) |
1900 |
mid-1970 |
mid-1975 |
mid-1980 |
projection for year 2000 |
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COUNTRY |
Adherents |
% |
Adherents |
% |
Adherents |
% |
Adherents |
% |
Adherents |
% |
| Angola | 2,953,000 |
99.4 |
1,100,250 |
19.4 |
881,920 |
13.9 |
683,500 |
9.5 |
252,400 |
2.0 |
| Benin | 569,200 |
91.8 |
1,790,000 |
66.6 |
1,969,400 |
64.1 |
2,170,000 |
61.4 |
3,043,200 |
51.4 |
| Botswana | 102,900 |
85.7 |
347,200 |
56.3 |
362,560 |
52.5 |
390,910 |
49.2 |
491,500 |
34.4 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,260,000 |
90.0 |
2,984,300 |
55.4 |
3,020,520 |
50.1 |
3,032,900 |
44.8 |
2,991,000 |
27.3 |
| Burundi | 1,007,900 |
99.8 |
839,400 |
25.1 |
716,900 |
19.0 |
580,400 |
13.5 |
252,000 |
3.5 |
| Cameroon | 2,479,500 |
94.6 |
1,864,000 |
31.9 |
1,688,700 |
26.4 |
1,530,900 |
21.6 |
1,229,800 |
10.6 |
| Central Africa | 766,950 |
99.6 |
327,300 |
20.3 |
286,800 |
16.0 |
240,000 |
12.0 |
169,400 |
5.0 |
| Chad | 1,088,000 |
64.0 |
978,000 |
26.9 |
998,700 |
24.8 |
1,020,400 |
22.8 |
1,218,000 |
17.6 |
| Congo | 526,500 |
97.5 |
79,580 |
6.7 |
76,240 |
5.7 |
73,240 |
4.8 |
75,800 |
2.8 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 113,500 |
94.6 |
18,813 |
6.6 |
17,400 |
5.6 |
15,600 |
4.6 |
10,000 |
2.0 |
| Ethiopia | 2,969,000 |
37.1 |
3,541,000 |
14.2 |
3,592,900 |
12.8 |
3,605,000 |
11.4 |
4,061,000 |
7.6 |
| Gabon | 259,100 |
92.5 |
17,000 |
3.4 |
16,140 |
3.1 |
15,800 |
2.9 |
12,900 |
2.0 |
| Gambia | 13,100 |
14.7 |
55,560 |
12.0 |
58,500 |
11.5 |
61,900 |
11.0 |
76,700 |
9.0 |
| Ghana | 1,987,000 |
90.3 |
2,864,000 |
33.2 |
2,690,600 |
27.3 |
2,451,400 |
21.4 |
1,177,500 |
5.6 |
| Guinea | 414,015 |
41.8 |
1,194,364 |
30.5 |
1,324,580 |
30.0 |
1,481,260 |
29.5 |
1,921,700 |
22.7 |
| Guinea-Bisau | 97,200 |
81.0 |
264,700 |
52.2 |
277,050 |
52.8 |
293,850 |
51.3 |
382,000 |
45.4 |
| Ivory Coast | 949,300 |
94.9 |
2,113,000 |
49.0 |
2,261,700 |
46.3 |
2,442,600 |
43.8 |
3,224,500 |
33.5 |
| Kenya | 2,779,700 |
95.8 |
3,158,430 |
28.1 |
3,012,060 |
22.7 |
2,972,150 |
18.9 |
3,257,000 |
10.5 |
| Lesotho | 271,200 |
88.9 |
137,210 |
13.2 |
100,310 |
8.7 |
80,200 |
6.2 |
61,000 |
3.0 |
| Liberia | 271,000 |
87.4 |
759.000 |
49.8 |
797,100 |
46.7 |
843,400 |
43.5 |
1,097,000 |
34.1 |
| Madagascar | 1,556,000 |
60.3 |
3,408,050 |
49.2 |
3859,780 |
48.1 |
4,390,180 |
47.0 |
7,591,000 |
42.7 |
| Malawi | 714,000 |
95.2 |
1,075,200 |
24.7 |
1,059,800 |
21.6 |
1,057,400 |
19.0 |
1,049,000 |
11.0 |
| Mali | 909,000 |
69.9 |
1,030,000 |
20.4 |
1,100,000 |
19.3 |
1,170,000 |
18.1 |
1,520,000 |
13.5 |
| Mozambique | 2,504,900 |
96,4 |
4,757,300 |
57.8 |
4,832,300 |
52.3 |
4,963,700 |
47.8 |
6,197,000 |
35.1 |
| Namibia | 129,600 |
91.3 |
33,100 |
5.2 |
28,300 |
4.0 |
27,800 |
3.5 |
26,400 |
2.0 |
| Niger | 500,000 |
54.9 |
545,300 |
13.6 |
578,110 |
12.6 |
615,880 |
11.7 |
742,500 |
7.8 |
| Nigeria | 11,824,000 |
73.0 |
5,970,000 |
10.8 |
5,024,000 |
8.0 |
4,100,000 |
5.6 |
4,047,700 |
3.0 |
| Rwanda | 1,068,000 |
99.8 |
1,076,900 |
29.3 |
976,360 |
23.2 |
885,200 |
18.2 |
501,000 |
5.8 |
| Sao Tomé & Principe | 38,750 |
96.9 |
2,000 |
2.7 |
1,920 |
2.4 |
1,790 |
2.1 |
880 |
1.0 |
| Senegal | 282,000 |
28.2 |
166,000 |
4.2 |
163,500 |
3.7 |
159,600 |
3.2 |
72,400 |
0.9 |
| Sierra Leone | 876,600 |
85.4 |
1,419,950 |
53.7 |
1,569,420 |
52.6 |
1,747,150 |
51.5 |
2,651,200 |
46.4 |
| South Africa | 2,793,000 |
57.0 |
3,889,210 |
18.1 |
4,189,700 |
17.0 |
4,534,400 |
15.9 |
6,519,000 |
13.1 |
| Sudan | 2,077,400 |
38.0 |
3,258,652 |
20.8 |
3,421,000 |
18.7 |
3,579,000 |
16.7 |
3,545,000 |
9.1 |
| Swaziland | 79,200 |
99.0 |
115,700 |
28.3 |
112,360 |
24.0 |
113,490 |
20.9 |
127,260 |
13.5 |
| Tanzania | 3,439,900 |
90.5 |
4,227,000 |
31.8 |
4,220,390 |
27.3 |
4,115,280 |
22.8 |
3,822,800 |
11.2 |
| Togo | 447,000 |
95.1 |
1,102,260 |
56.2 |
1,146,650 |
51.0 |
1,188,200 |
45.8 |
1,169,000 |
25.2 |
| Uganda | 2,416,700 |
91.2 |
2,152,300 |
21.9 |
1,962,700 |
17.3 |
1,661,000 |
12.6 |
1,208,000 |
5.0 |
| Zaire | 8,865,350 |
98.1 |
1,666,000 |
7.7 |
1,202,420 |
4.9 |
955,420 |
3.4 |
357,700 |
0.7 |
| Zambia | 748,000 |
99.7 |
1,467,200 |
34.2 |
1,535,470 |
30.6 |
1,585,700 |
27.0 |
1,758,730 |
15.2 |
| Zimbabwe | 479,800 |
96.0 |
2,469,000 |
46.5 |
2,729,500 |
43.5 |
3,034,300 |
40.5 |
4,440,000 |
29.3 |
Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in Barret D.B, World Christian Encyclopedia, Nairobi, 1982