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Christianity is the predominant religion in Uganda. According to the 2024 census, approximately 82 percent of the population was Christian, while around 13 percent of the population adhered to Islam, making it the largest minority religion. [2] Anglicanism and Catholicism are the main Christian denominations in the country.
According to the 2014 National Census, Islam in Uganda was practised by 14 percent of the population. [1] The Pew Research Center in 2014, however, estimated that 11.5 percent of Ugandans were Muslim, compared to 35.2 percent of Tanzanians, 9.7 percent of Kenyans, 6.2 percent of South Sudanese, 2.8 percent of Burundians, and 1.8 percent of ...
The Baháʼís of Uganda have continued to be involved in social issues; in 2007 a movie on development issues in Uganda was produced by the Baháʼís named "Opening a Space - The Discourse on Science, Religion and Development in Uganda" [113] and on 25 November 2007 the Baháʼí House of Worship was a rallying point on for the "Speak out ...
The AIDS epidemic in Uganda has been viewed by scholars as particularly influential in its development; at the time, Uganda had one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection in the world. [3] [4] The MRTC has been classified as an African-initiated church; a highly diverse category of religious movements that stem from different Christian ...
While he expelled Hindus and people of other religions with origins in India, Idi Amin did not expel Christians of British or French origins living in Uganda. [21] According to Kim Knott, professor of Religious and Secular Studies at Lancaster University, there were 65,000 Hindus in Uganda in 1970, but all were expelled by Idi Amin. [22]
Eastern Orthodoxy in Uganda refers to adherents and religious communities of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Uganda. Majority of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Uganda are under ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa .
Mill Hill Missionaries mainly evangelized in Eastern Uganda, while the Verona Fathers converted people in the North. Efforts to convert the indigenous population were successful, and the population of all Catholics in the country grew to 86,000 by the year 1905, and 370,000 in 1923, representing roughly 12.4% of the population.
Irreligion in Uganda is uncommon among Ugandans, as Christianity is the predominant faith. [1] Only 2.9% of Ugandans claim no religion . [ 2 ] Most Ugandans are considered religious and there is a great stigma attached to being a non-believer.