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 |
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 Encylopedia, Nairobi, 1982
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