Religion & community impact
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
98.5% → 89.3%
Christian · 1975–2020
▼ -9.2%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1975–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1975–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.7% → 9%
Unaffiliated · 1975–2020
▲ +8.3%
0.8% → 4.4%
Other · 1975–2020
▲ +3.6%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 98.5% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 1980 | 97.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| 1985 | 97.9% | 0% | 0% | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| 1990 | 96% | 2.2% | 0% | 0.8% | 1% |
| 1995 | 95.5% | 2.6% | 0% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 94.9% | 2.8% | 0% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 95.3% | 2.5% | 0% | 1.8% | 0.4% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | 1% | 1% | 9.1% | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 89.3% | 1% | 1% | 9% | 4.4% |
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.