Religion & community impact
🇳🇪 Niger — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
0.3% → 1%
Christian · 1960–2020
▲ +0.7%
72% → 98.3%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +26.3%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.1% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▲ +0.9%
27.6% → 4%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -23.6%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.3% | 72% | 0% | 0.1% | 27.6% |
| 1965 | 0.4% | 78.9% | 0% | 0.1% | 20.7% |
| 1970 | 0.4% | 84.5% | 0% | 0.1% | 15% |
| 1975 | 0.4% | 86% | 0% | 0.1% | 13.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4% | 88% | 0% | 0.1% | 11.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7% | 89% | 0% | 0.1% | 10.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9% | 90.2% | 0% | 0.1% | 8.9% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | 92.3% | 0% | 0.1% | 7% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | 91.5% | 0% | 0.1% | 4.9% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | 91.8% | 0% | 0.1% | 4.6% |
| 2010 | 1% | 98.4% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 1% | 98.3% | 1% | 1% | 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.