Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Knowledge of Christianity
How much do you know about Christianity?

Select a response option and use the arrows to sort the data alphabetically, by total population, among Christians or among Muslims.

CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 66bar 69bar NA
Cameroonbar 36bar 43bar 4
Chadbar 34bar 75bar 6
Djiboutibar 13bar NAbar 12
DR Congobar 60bar 68bar 22
Ethiopiabar 54bar 76bar 4
Ghanabar 69bar 81bar 14
Guinea Bissaubar 49bar 65bar 24
Kenyabar 67bar 75bar 11
Liberiabar 49bar 66bar 15
Malibar 16bar NAbar 10
Mozambiquebar 55bar 62bar 31
Nigeriabar 44bar 84bar 8
Rwandabar 65bar 69bar NA
Senegalbar 15bar NAbar 7
South Africabar 66bar 72bar NA
Tanzaniabar 38bar 57bar 8
Ugandabar 58bar 65bar 10
Zambiabar 80bar 81bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q20b. How much would you say you know about the Christian religion and its practices - a great deal, some, not very much, or nothing at all?
Read the survey methodology and the topline questionnaire

Notes

In countries where there were too few interviews with either Muslims or Christians, that subpopulation was not analyzed. Figures may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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