Religion & community impact
🇬🇦 Gabon — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
59% → 75.6%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +16.6%
0.5% → 12.2%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +11.7%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 5.7%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +5.7%
40.5% → 8.7%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -31.8%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 59% | 0.5% | 0% | 0% | 40.5% |
| 1965 | 67.5% | 0.7% | 0% | 0% | 31.9% |
| 1970 | 71.9% | 0.8% | 0% | 0% | 27.4% |
| 1975 | 79.6% | 0.8% | 0% | 0.3% | 19.3% |
| 1980 | 76% | 0.9% | 0% | 0.5% | 22.7% |
| 1985 | 85.4% | 1% | 0% | 0.7% | 12.9% |
| 1990 | 86.3% | 4.3% | 0% | 0.8% | 8.7% |
| 1995 | 88% | 7.4% | 0% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| 2000 | 76.4% | 12% | 0% | 1.4% | 10.2% |
| 2005 | 73.4% | 12% | 0% | 1.4% | 13.2% |
| 2010 | 76.5% | 11.2% | 1% | 5.6% | 9% |
| 2020 | 75.6% | 12.2% | 1% | 5.7% | 8.7% |
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.