Religion & community impact
🇨🇲 Cameroon — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
33.9% → 69.6%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +35.7%
11.3% → 19.3%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +8.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.1% → 5.2%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +5.1%
54.7% → 7.9%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -46.8%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 33.9% | 11.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 54.7% |
| 1965 | 34.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 52.4% |
| 1970 | 38.5% | 19.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 42% |
| 1975 | 43.5% | 20.9% | 0% | 0.1% | 35.5% |
| 1980 | 46.3% | 22% | 0% | 0.1% | 31.6% |
| 1985 | 50% | 22% | 0% | 0.2% | 27.9% |
| 1990 | 52.6% | 21.2% | 0% | 0.3% | 26% |
| 1995 | 53% | 22% | 0% | 0.5% | 24.5% |
| 2000 | 50.2% | 19.2% | 0% | 0.5% | 30.1% |
| 2005 | 50.2% | 19.6% | 0% | 0.7% | 29.5% |
| 2010 | 70.3% | 18.3% | 1% | 5.3% | 8% |
| 2020 | 69.6% | 19.3% | 1% | 5.2% | 7.9% |
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.