Religion & community impact
🇲🇱 Mali — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
1.2% → 2.4%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +1.2%
75.7% → 94.6%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +18.9%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.1% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +0.9%
23.1% → 5.5%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -17.6%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.2% | 75.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 23.1% |
| 1965 | 1.4% | 79.6% | 0% | 0.1% | 19% |
| 1970 | 1.4% | 80.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 18.3% |
| 1975 | 1.7% | 89.1% | 0% | 0.1% | 9.1% |
| 1980 | 2.6% | 89% | 0% | 0.1% | 8.4% |
| 1985 | 2.2% | 87.6% | 0% | 0.1% | 10% |
| 1990 | 1.9% | 87.8% | 0% | 0.1% | 10.2% |
| 1995 | 2.1% | 88.5% | 0% | 0.1% | 9.3% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | 89.7% | 0% | 0.1% | 6.9% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | 90.4% | 0% | 0.1% | 6.7% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | 94.4% | 1% | 1% | 5.7% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | 94.6% | 1% | 1% | 5.5% |
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.