Religion & community impact
🇰🇪 Kenya — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
58.1% → 84.5%
Christian · 1965–2020
▲ +26.4%
4% → 10.5%
Muslim · 1965–2020
▲ +6.5%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1965–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 2.3%
Unaffiliated · 1965–2020
▲ +2.3%
37.8% → 4.6%
Other · 1965–2020
▼ -33.2%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 58.1% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 37.8% |
| 1970 | 61.8% | 6.5% | 0% | 0% | 31.6% |
| 1975 | 65% | 6.3% | 0% | 0% | 28.7% |
| 1980 | 68.7% | 5.7% | 0% | 0% | 25.6% |
| 1985 | 73.2% | 6% | 0% | 0.1% | 20.7% |
| 1990 | 78.5% | 7% | 0% | 0.1% | 14.4% |
| 1995 | 78.8% | 6.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 14.5% |
| 2000 | 79.4% | 8% | 0% | 0.2% | 12.4% |
| 2005 | 82.3% | 9.1% | 0% | 0.2% | 8.4% |
| 2010 | 84.8% | 9.7% | 1% | 2.5% | 4.9% |
| 2020 | 84.5% | 10.5% | 1% | 2.3% | 4.6% |
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.