Religion & community impact
🇧🇮 Burundi — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
73% → 91%
Christian · 1965–2020
▲ +18.0%
0.9% → 2.9%
Muslim · 1965–2020
▲ +2.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
26.2% → 9%
Other · 1965–2020
▼ -17.2%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 73% | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 26.2% |
| 1970 | 73.4% | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 25.7% |
| 1975 | 76.2% | 0.9% | 0% | 0% | 22.9% |
| 1980 | 81.7% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 17.3% |
| 1985 | 85.3% | 1% | 0% | 0.1% | 13.6% |
| 1990 | 89.6% | 1.9% | 0% | 0.1% | 8.4% |
| 1995 | 90.7% | 1% | 0% | 0.1% | 8.3% |
| 2000 | 84% | 3.5% | 0% | 0.2% | 12.3% |
| 2005 | 87.8% | 3% | 0% | 0.1% | 9.1% |
| 2010 | 91.5% | 2.8% | 1% | 1% | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 91% | 2.9% | 1% | 1% | 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.