Religion & community impact
🇸🇳 Senegal — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
4.1% → 3.3%
Christian · 1960–2020
▼ -0.8%
73% → 96.6%
Muslim · 1960–2020
▲ +23.6%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1960–2020
▲ +1.0%
2.2% → 1%
Unaffiliated · 1960–2020
▼ -1.2%
20.6% → 4%
Other · 1960–2020
▼ -16.6%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.1% | 73% | 0% | 2.2% | 20.6% |
| 1965 | 4.7% | 75% | 0% | 1.8% | 18.5% |
| 1970 | 5.2% | 83% | 0% | 1.4% | 10.4% |
| 1975 | 5.2% | 86% | 0% | 1% | 7.8% |
| 1980 | 5% | 87% | 0% | 0.7% | 7.3% |
| 1985 | 4.6% | 88.6% | 0% | 0.5% | 6.3% |
| 1990 | 5.5% | 87.8% | 0% | 0.3% | 6.4% |
| 1995 | 4.9% | 87.8% | 0% | 0.2% | 7% |
| 2000 | 4% | 93.4% | 0% | 0.2% | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 4% | 93.7% | 0% | 0.2% | 2.2% |
| 2010 | 3.6% | 96.4% | 1% | 1% | 4% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | 96.6% | 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.