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Islam is the religion of 10.91% of the population. [1] Most Muslims in Kenya are Sunni, mostly of the Shafii school of Islamic law. Approximately 8% are non-denominational Muslims, [23] 7% identify themselves as Shia and about 4% identify themselves as Ahmadi Muslims, [24] as well as a small proportion of Ibadism practitioners. [25]
The majority of Muslims in Kenya are Sunni Muslims forming 81% of the Muslim Population, 7% identify as Shia. [4] There are also sizeable populations of Ibadism and Quranist adherents. [ 5 ] In large part, Shias are Ismailis descended from or influenced by oceanic traders from the Middle East and India.
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.
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
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Islam is the other major religion in Africa alongside Christianity, [30] with over 40% of the population being Muslim, accounting for about one fourth of the world's Muslim population. The faith's historic roots on the continent stem from the time of Muhammad , whose early disciples migrated to Abyssinia (hijira) in fear of persecution from the ...
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, [ 12 ] Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world [ 7 ] and 7th most populous in Africa.
Traditional African religions have interacted with other major world religions in various ways, ranging from syncretism and coexistence to conflict and competition. These interactions have significantly shaped the religious landscape in Africa.