Religion & community impact
🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
10.9% → 44%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +33.1%
21.7% → 37.2%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +15.5%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 8.1%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +8.1%
67.4% → 13.5%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -53.9%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 10.9% | 21.7% | 0% | 0% | 67.4% |
| 1965 | 17.3% | 23% | 0% | 0% | 59.7% |
| 1970 | 24.9% | 23% | 0% | 0% | 52.1% |
| 1975 | 28.7% | 23% | 0% | 0.2% | 48.1% |
| 1980 | 30.6% | 24% | 0% | 0.2% | 45.2% |
| 1985 | 31% | 27% | 0% | 0.3% | 41.8% |
| 1990 | 29.4% | 38.7% | 0% | 1.2% | 30.7% |
| 1995 | 30.2% | 38% | 0% | 1% | 30.9% |
| 2000 | 28.1% | 38.7% | 0% | 0.8% | 32.4% |
| 2005 | 32.5% | 39.1% | 0% | 0.7% | 27.7% |
| 2010 | 44.1% | 37.5% | 1% | 8% | 13.2% |
| 2020 | 44% | 37.2% | 1% | 8.1% | 13.5% |
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.