Sudan Religion Percentage

Compare Sudan to other nations using the Compare tool. South Sudans population is mostly Christian or follow traditional religion.

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Sudan religion percentage. According to the Federal Research Division of the US Library of Congress. According to UNDP Sudan the Muslim population is 97 including numerous Arab and non-Arab groups. The state shall not adopt an official religion nor will it impose any on anyone the agreement read adding that the state shall.

It estimates populations and percentages of adherents of 100 religious denominations including second level subdivision within Christianity and Islam. 16 rows Religions Muslim. A study Religion in South Sudan by the Pew Research on Religion stated that South Sudans population are 605 Christian 329 follow traditional African religion 62 are Muslim and 04 are considered other All of the years of civil war in South Sudan has left its economy very weak and underdeveloped.

Government statistics indicate less than 1 percent of the population primarily in Blue Nile and South Kordofan States adheres to traditional African religious beliefs. Some Christians and Muslims incorporate aspects of these traditional. Muslim percentage of total population 2014 Pew Report.

The oldest of these tarīqah s is the Qādiriyyah which was introduced to the Sudan region from the Middle East in the 16th century. However the majority of the South Sudanese population follows Christianity often intermingled with traditional cultural practices. In the early 1990s possibly no more than 10 percent of southern Sudans population was Christian.

The oldest of these tarīqah s is the Qādiriyyah which was introduced to the Sudan region from the Middle. Muslim percentage of total population 2014 Pew Report. In the early 1990s official records of Sudan as a whole Sudan and South Sudan showed that a large percentage adhered to African Traditional Religion 17 and Christianity 8 though both located mainly.

In the early 1990s official records of Sudan as a whole Sudan and South Sudan showed that a large percentage adhered to African Traditional Religion 17 and Christianity 8 though both located mainly. In the early 1990s official records of Sudan as a whole Sudan and South Sudan showed that a large percentage adhered to African Traditional Religion 17 and Christianity 8 though both located mainly. Capital Khartoum Population 2010 33600000 Annual population growth rate 2000-2010 25 Population gain 2000-2010 7225000 GDP per capita.

Citation needed However some news reports claim a Christian majority 31 32 and the US Episcopal Church claims the existence of large numbers of Anglican adherents from the Episcopal Church of the Sudan. View detailed information on Sudan including data on religious adherents religious freedoms demographics And other social measures. In the early 1990s official records of Sudan claimed that from population of what then included South Sudan 17 of people followed African Traditional Religion and 8 were Christians.

Global Religious Futures Project report from 2010 estimated Christians make up 60 percent of the population indigenous religious followers 33 percent and Muslims 6 percent. Sudan is growing at a quick rate of 242 per year. Western Africa Indigenous Muslim Christian Catholic Protestant Hindu Others Benin.

Sunni Islam in Sudan as in much of the rest of Africa has been characterized by the formation of tarīqah s or Muslim religious brotherhoods. Sudan is clearly a Muslim country with Muslims making up well over 75 percent of the population 1 and the government that has been in power in Sudan since 1989 has consciously based its administration on Islamic values. Other religious groups with small populations include the Bahai Faith Buddhism Hinduism and.

Percent of population who are Muslims. Pin On Joseph Zilberman Period 1 Sudan. The majority of Sudans population is Muslim belonging overwhelmingly to the Sunni branch.

South Sudan Facts Map People History Sudan African Traditional Religions South. The Catholics in the country are part of the worldwide Catholic Church headed by the Pope in Rome. Islam is the most common religion in Sudan and Muslims have dominated national government institutions since independence in 1956.

In South Sudan about 62 million people out of a population of over 16 million people or 372 of the population are Roman Catholic Christians. The remaining 3 ascribe to either Christianity or traditional animist religions.

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