Religion & community impact
🇺🇬 Uganda — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
65% → 86.1%
Christian · 1965–2020
▲ +21.1%
4.8% → 12.1%
Muslim · 1965–2020
▲ +7.3%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
30.2% → 4%
Other · 1965–2020
▼ -26.2%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 65% | 4.8% | 0% | 0% | 30.2% |
| 1970 | 68.1% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 25.9% |
| 1975 | 71.5% | 7.8% | 0% | 0% | 20.7% |
| 1980 | 75.5% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 16.5% |
| 1985 | 78.3% | 10.4% | 0% | 0.3% | 11.1% |
| 1990 | 81.4% | 11.1% | 0% | 0.5% | 7% |
| 1995 | 80.5% | 11.2% | 0% | 0.5% | 7.8% |
| 2000 | 81.9% | 12.1% | 0% | 0.6% | 5.5% |
| 2005 | 80.2% | 11.8% | 0% | 1.2% | 6.8% |
| 2010 | 86.7% | 11.5% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 86.1% | 12.1% | 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.