Religion & community impact
🇬🇠Ghana — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
44% → 73.6%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +29.6%
12% → 17.5%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +5.5%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 3.8%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +3.8%
44.1% → 7.9%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -36.2%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 44% | 12% | 0% | 0% | 44.1% |
| 1965 | 46.9% | 12% | 0% | 0.1% | 41.1% |
| 1970 | 51% | 13.8% | 0% | 0.1% | 35.1% |
| 1975 | 51.9% | 15.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 32.8% |
| 1980 | 53.7% | 16.6% | 0% | 0.1% | 29.6% |
| 1985 | 55.8% | 15.8% | 0% | 0.2% | 28.1% |
| 1990 | 55.1% | 19.5% | 0% | 0.3% | 25% |
| 1995 | 58.5% | 20% | 0% | 0.3% | 21.1% |
| 2000 | 54.4% | 18.7% | 0% | 6% | 21% |
| 2005 | 59.4% | 16% | 0% | 3.8% | 20.9% |
| 2010 | 74.9% | 15.8% | 1% | 4.2% | 7.9% |
| 2020 | 73.6% | 17.5% | 1% | 3.8% | 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.