Religion & community impact
🇧🇯 Benin — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
15.1% → 52.2%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +37.1%
12.5% → 24.6%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +12.1%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 5.2%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +5.2%
72.4% → 20.9%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -51.5%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 15.1% | 12.5% | 0% | 0% | 72.4% |
| 1965 | 14.7% | 12.5% | 0% | 0% | 72.8% |
| 1970 | 18.1% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 67.9% |
| 1975 | 21% | 11.9% | 0% | 0% | 67.1% |
| 1980 | 23.6% | 10.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 66.1% |
| 1985 | 25% | 12% | 0% | 0.1% | 62.9% |
| 1990 | 27.6% | 18.4% | 0% | 0.2% | 53.9% |
| 1995 | 34% | 22% | 0% | 0.2% | 43.9% |
| 2000 | 43.2% | 24.7% | 0% | 2.1% | 30% |
| 2005 | 42.8% | 22.9% | 0% | 3.8% | 30.5% |
| 2010 | 53% | 23.8% | 1% | 5% | 21.1% |
| 2020 | 52.2% | 24.6% | 1% | 5.2% | 20.9% |
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.