Religion & community impact
🇬🇲 Gambia, The — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
3.2% → 4.4%
Christian · 1965–2010
▲ +1.1%
81.7% → 90%
Muslim · 1965–2010
▲ +8.3%
0% → 0%
Jewish · 1965–2010
– 0.0%
0.4% → 0.5%
Unaffiliated · 1965–2010
▲ +0.1%
14.7% → 5.1%
Other · 1965–2010
▼ -9.5%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 3.2% | 81.7% | 0% | 0.4% | 14.7% |
| 1970 | 3.2% | 83.4% | 0% | 0.4% | 13% |
| 1975 | 3.5% | 83.6% | 0% | 0.5% | 12.4% |
| 1980 | 3.7% | 84.3% | 0% | 0.6% | 11.4% |
| 1985 | 4% | 86.1% | 0% | 0.6% | 9.3% |
| 1990 | 4.1% | 85.9% | 0% | 0.6% | 9.5% |
| 1995 | 4% | 89.2% | 0% | 0.6% | 6.2% |
| 2000 | 3% | 90% | 0% | 0.6% | 6.4% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | 90.5% | 0% | 0.6% | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | 90% | 0% | 0.5% | 5.1% |
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.