Religion & community impact
🇨🇬 Congo, Rep. — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
88% → 80.6%
Christian · 1960–2010
▼ -7.4%
0.4% → 1.9%
Muslim · 1960–2010
▲ +1.5%
0% → 0%
Jewish · 1960–2010
– 0.0%
0.2% → 7.4%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2010
▲ +7.2%
11.4% → 10.1%
Other · 1960–2010
▼ -1.3%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 88% | 0.4% | 0% | 0.2% | 11.4% |
| 1965 | 88.3% | 0.4% | 0% | 0.3% | 11% |
| 1970 | 91.7% | 0.4% | 0% | 0.5% | 7.4% |
| 1975 | 90.4% | 0.4% | 0% | 0.8% | 8.4% |
| 1980 | 92% | 0.4% | 0% | 1% | 6.6% |
| 1985 | 89.9% | 0.8% | 0% | 1.5% | 7.8% |
| 1990 | 88.5% | 1.1% | 0% | 1.8% | 8.6% |
| 1995 | 86.5% | 2% | 0% | 2.5% | 9% |
| 2000 | 82.6% | 1.4% | 0% | 3.7% | 12.3% |
| 2005 | 84.1% | 2.1% | 0% | 6.3% | 7.5% |
| 2010 | 80.6% | 1.9% | 0% | 7.4% | 10.1% |
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.