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About 100,000 people or 0.25% of the population belong to various Protestant denominations in northern Sudan. Catholicism is practised by some thousand followers north of Sudan's capital. A 2015 study estimates some 30,000 Muslim converted to Christianity in Sudan, most of them belonging to some form of Protestantism.
Religion in Sudan (2020 estimate) [1] Islam (90.7%) Christianity (5.4%) Traditional African religions (2.9%) Others / None (1.0%) A Sufi ritual in Omdurman. St. Matthew's Cathedral in Khartoum. The dominant religion in Sudan is Islam practiced by around 90.7% of the nation's population. Christianity is the largest minority faith in country ...
The demographics of Sudan include the Sudanese people (Arabic: سودانيون) and their characteristics, Sudan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. In Sudan's 1993 census, the population was calculated at 30 million.
Religion in South Sudan. Religion in South Sudan (2023 estimate) [1][2] Christianity (60.5%) Traditional faiths (32.9%) Islam (6.2%) Other (0.4%) A Christian worship service under a tree in Warrap. Christianity is the most widely professed religion in South Sudan, with significant minorities of the adherents of traditional faiths and Islam ...
Christians are the third largest religious group, traditionally concentrated in the south and the Nuba Mountains. Widespread displacement and migration during the long civil war increased the population of Christians living in the north. While many Christians have returned to the south, Khartoum still has a significant Christian population. The ...
Protestantism in Sudan. Protestants are about 2,009,374 in Sudan (5% of the population). They are forbidden to proselytize. The law makes apostasy (which includes conversion from Islam to another religion) punishable by death. The southern ethnic groups fighting the civil war largely are followers of traditional indigenous religions or Christians.
The population of Pentecostal Christians is around 202.29 million in 2015, being 35.32 percent of the continent's Christian population. [195] The African Pentecostal population is expected to reach 257 million in 2025. [196] Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church – 9 million [197] Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church – 4.5 million [198] – 1 million
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.