Religion & community impact
🇧🇼 Botswana — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
36.7% → 76.4%
Christian · 1970–2020
▲ +39.7%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1970–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1970–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 17.5%
Unaffiliated · 1970–2020
▲ +17.5%
63.3% → 7.4%
Other · 1970–2020
▼ -55.9%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 36.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 63.3% |
| 1975 | 46% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% | 53.9% |
| 1980 | 46.5% | 0% | 0% | 0.1% | 53.4% |
| 1985 | 50% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.1% | 49.8% |
| 1990 | 54.2% | 0.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 45.5% |
| 1995 | 57.4% | 0.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 42.2% |
| 2000 | 53.9% | 2.5% | 0% | 0.9% | 42.6% |
| 2005 | 66.7% | 2.5% | 0% | 2% | 28.8% |
| 2010 | 72.1% | 1% | 1% | 20.6% | 9% |
| 2020 | 76.4% | 1% | 1% | 17.5% | 7.4% |
Figures are real national estimates from the Correlates of War World Religion Project. Green up arrows mark a rising share, red down arrows a falling share. The page shows recorded self-identification, not attendance.