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Kenya

Kenya Religions Stats

Definitions

  • All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Muslim: Percent of population who are Muslims. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
  • Protestant: Percent of population who are Protestants. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
  • Roman Catholic: Percent of population who are Roman Catholics. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
A note a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely 2003
All Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% 2006
Muslim 10% 2006 66th out of 99
Note a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely 2003
Protestant 45% 2006 8th out of 51
Roman Catholic 33% 2006 61st out of 96

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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