Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Frequency of Prayer
How often do you pray?

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CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 63bar 67bar NA
Cameroonbar 82bar 80bar 96
Chadbar 83bar 80bar 94
Djiboutibar 82bar NAbar 83
DR Congobar 65bar 67bar 75
Ethiopiabar 65bar 58bar 83
Ghanabar 75bar 74bar 95
Guinea Bissaubar 82bar 76bar 93
Kenyabar 79bar 77bar 92
Liberiabar 77bar 84bar 93
Malibar 79bar NAbar 82
Mozambiquebar 68bar 69bar 68
Nigeriabar 92bar 92bar 93
Rwandabar 62bar 61bar NA
Senegalbar 88bar NAbar 89
South Africabar 52bar 54bar NA
Tanzaniabar 55bar 57bar 55
Ugandabar 66bar 63bar 92
Zambiabar 77bar 78bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q64. People practice their religion in different ways. Outside of attending religious services, do you pray several times a day, once a day, a few times a week, once a week, a few times a month, seldom, or never?
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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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