Religion & community impact
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
3.4% → 21.7%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +18.3%
23% → 62.7%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +39.7%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
73.6% → 18.1%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -55.5%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.4% | 23% | 0% | 0% | 73.6% |
| 1965 | 4% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 66% |
| 1970 | 9% | 32.4% | 0% | 0% | 58.6% |
| 1975 | 10.3% | 35.7% | 0% | 0% | 54% |
| 1980 | 13.5% | 42.8% | 0% | 0% | 43.6% |
| 1985 | 16.5% | 46.8% | 0% | 0.3% | 36.4% |
| 1990 | 14.9% | 48.6% | 0% | 0.6% | 35.9% |
| 1995 | 15.7% | 50% | 0% | 0.5% | 33.8% |
| 2000 | 21.5% | 57% | 0% | 0.5% | 21.1% |
| 2005 | 22.6% | 58% | 0% | 0.5% | 18.9% |
| 2010 | 22.5% | 61.6% | 1% | 1% | 18.4% |
| 2020 | 21.7% | 62.7% | 1% | 1% | 18.1% |
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.