Religion & community impact
🇲🇷 Mauritania — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
0.6% → 1%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +0.4%
99% → 99%
Muslim · 1960–2020
– 0.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.4% → 4%
Other · 1960–2020
▲ +3.6%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.6% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.6% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.6% | 99.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5% | 98% | 0% | 0.1% | 1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.5% | 98% | 0% | 0.1% | 1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.5% | 98% | 0% | 0.1% | 1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.5% | 98.5% | 0% | 0.1% | 1% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | 99% | 0% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | 97.3% | 0% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | 96% | 0% | 0.1% | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 1% | 99% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 1% | 99% | 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.