Religion & community impact
🇨🇫 Central African Republic — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
43.9% → 89%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +45.1%
4% → 9%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +5.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.1% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +0.9%
52% → 4%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -48.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 43.9% | 4% | 0% | 0.1% | 52% |
| 1965 | 45.3% | 3.5% | 0% | 0.1% | 51.1% |
| 1970 | 48.6% | 4.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 46.6% |
| 1975 | 54.6% | 6.3% | 0% | 0% | 39.2% |
| 1980 | 60.4% | 7.3% | 0% | 0.6% | 31.7% |
| 1985 | 64.3% | 8% | 0% | 0.7% | 27% |
| 1990 | 63.3% | 15.5% | 0% | 0.8% | 20.4% |
| 1995 | 66% | 15% | 0% | 0.7% | 18.3% |
| 2000 | 46% | 15.6% | 0% | 1.2% | 37.1% |
| 2005 | 49.2% | 15% | 0% | 1.3% | 34.5% |
| 2010 | 89.5% | 8.5% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 89% | 9% | 1% | 1% | 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.