Religion in Africa is multifaceted and has a major influence onart,culture andphilosophy. Today, the continent's various populations and individuals are mostly adherents ofChristianity,Islam, and to a lesser extenttraditional African religions.[2] In Christian or Islamic communities, religious beliefs are also sometimes characterized withsyncretism with the beliefs and practices of traditional religions.[3][4][5]
Africa encompasses a wide variety of traditional beliefs.[6] Although religious customs are sometimes shared by many local societies, they are usually unique to specific populations or geographic regions.[7] All traditional African religions are united by a sharedanimistic core with special importance toancestor worship.[8]
According to Dr J Omosade Awolalu, The "olden" in this context means indigenous, that which is foundational, handed down from generation to generation, meant as to be upheld and practised today and forevermore. A heritage from the past, yet not treated as a thing of the past but that which connects the past with the present and the present with eternity.[5]
Though often referred to in singular terms, Africa is a vast continent with many nations, each possessing complex cultures, numerous languages, and various dialects.[5]
The essence of this school of thought is based mainly on oral transmission; that which is written in people's hearts, minds, oral history, customs, temples and religious functions.[9] It has no founders or leaders like Gautama Buddha, Jesus, or Muhammed.[10] It has no missionaries or the intent to propagate or to proselytise.[11] Some of the African traditional religions are those of theSerer ofSenegal, theYoruba ofNigeria, and theAkan ofGhana and theIvory Coast, and theBono of Ghana and Ivory Coast. The western coast is also consisted of the Yoruba and Anglican religion of syncretism.[12] The religion of theGbe peoples (mostly theEwe andFon) ofBenin,Togo and Ghana is calledVodun and is the main source for similarly named religions in thediaspora, such asLouisiana Voodoo,Haitian Vodou,Cuban Vodú,Dominican Vudú andBrazilian Vodum.
Some distinctions between West African and East or Hornn religion often includes considering the supernatural and natural or tangible as being one and the same, and using this stance to incorporate divination. Clergymen from this region who would historically catechize to the masses was often referred to aswaganga.[13] Another distinction of East African and Horners is the greater prevalence of prophets within the oral traditionas and other forms of generational transmissions of traditional African religion.[14]
The most prominent indigenous deity among CushiticHorners is Waaq, which continues to be manifested into the modern era with religions such asWaaqeffanna andWaaqism.[15] According to the author Lugira, the Traditional African religions are the only religions "that can claim to have originated in Africa. Other religions found in Africa have their origins in other parts of the world."[16]
The majority of Africans are adherents ofChristianity orIslam. African people often combine the practice of their traditional belief with the practice ofAbrahamic religions.[17][18][19][20][21] Abrahamic religions are widespread throughout Africa. They have both spread and replaced indigenous African religions, but are often adapted to African cultural contexts and belief systems.The World Book Encyclopedia has estimated that in 2002 Christians formed 45% of the continent's population, with Muslims forming 40%. It was also estimated in 2002 that Christians form 45% of Africa's population, with Muslims forming 40.6%.[22]
Christianity is the most widely practiced religions along with Islam and is the largest religion inAfrica. Severalsyncretistic andmessianic sects have formed throughout much of the continent, including theNazareth Baptist Church in South Africa and theAladura churches in Nigeria. There is also fairly widespread populations ofSeventh-day Adventists andJehovah's Witnesses. The oldest Christian denominations in Africa are theEastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria, theCoptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and theEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church andEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (which rose to prominence in the fourth century AD afterKing Ezana the Great made Ethiopia one of the firstChristian nations.[23])
In the first few centuries of Christianity, Africa produced many figures who had a major influence outside the continent, includingSt Augustine of Hippo,St Maurice,Origen,Tertullian, and three Roman Catholic popes (Victor I,Miltiades andGelasius I), as well as the Biblical charactersSimon of Cyrene and theEthiopian eunuch baptised byPhilip the Evangelist. Christianity existed in Ethiopia before the rule of King Ezana the Great of the Kingdom of Axum, but the religion grasped a strong foothold when it was declared a state religion in 330 AD, becoming one of the first Christian nations.[24]
The earliest and best known reference to the introduction of Christianity to Africa is mentioned in theChristian Bible'sActs of the Apostles, and pertains to the evangelist Phillip's conversion of anEthiopian traveller in the 1st century AD. Although the Bible refers to them as Ethiopians, scholars have argued that Ethiopia was a common term encompassing the area South-Southeast of Egypt.
Other traditions have the convert as a Jew who was a steward in the Queen's court.[clarification needed] All accounts do agree on the fact that the traveller was a member of the royal court who succeeded in converting the Queen, which in turn caused a church to be built.Tyrannius Rufinus, a noted church historian, also recorded a personal account as do other church historians such as Socrates and Sozemius.[25]
Some experts predict the shift of Christianity's center from the European industrialized nations to Africa and Asia in modern times.Yale University historianLamin Sanneh stated, that "African Christianity was not just an exotic, curious phenomenon in an obscure part of the world, but that African Christianity might be the shape of things to come."[26] The statistics from the World Christian Encyclopedia (David Barrett) illustrate the emerging trend of dramatic Christian growth on the continent and supposes, that in 2025 there will be 633 million Christians in Africa.[27]
A 2015 study estimates 2,161,000 Christian believers from a Muslim background in Africa, most of them belonging to some form of Protestantism.[28]
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 ofMuhammad, whose early disciplesmigrated to Abyssinia (hijira) in fear of persecution from thepagan Arabs.
The spread of Islam in North Africa came with theexpansion of Arab empire under CaliphUmar, through theSinai Peninsula. The spread of Islam in West Africa was throughIslamic traders and sailors. The religion had also began influencingHarla Kingdom in the Horn of Africa early on.
Islam is the dominant religion inNorth Africa and theHorn of Africa. It has also become the predominant religion on theSwahili Coast as well as the West African seaboard and parts of the interior. There have been several Muslim empires in Western Africa which exerted considerable influence, notably theMali Empire, which flourished for several centuries and theSonghai Empire, under the leadership ofMansa Musa,Sunni Ali andAskia Mohammed.
The vast majority ofMuslims in Africa are followers ofSunni Islam.[31][32] There are also small minorities of other sects.[33][34]
Adherents of Judaism can be found scattered in a number of countries across Africa; includingNorth Africa,Ethiopia,Uganda,Kenya,Cameroon,Gabon,Ghana,Ivory Coast,Sierra Leone,Nigeria,Mali, andSouthern Africa.
TheBaháʼí Faith in Africa has a diverse history. It especially had wide-scale growth in the 1950s which extended further in the 1960s.[35] TheAssociation of Religion Data Archives (relying onWorld Christian Encyclopedia) lists many large and smaller populations of Baháʼís in Africa[36] withKenya (#3: 512,900), theDemocratic Republic of the Congo (#5: 282,900),South Africa (#8: 238,500) andZambia (#10: 190,400) among the top ten numerical populations of Baháʼís in the world in 2010, andMauritius (#4: 1.8% of population) joining Zambia (#3: 1.8%) and Kenya (#10: 1.0%) in the top ten in terms of percentage of the national population.
All three individual heads of the religion,Bahá'u'lláh,`Abdu'l-Bahá, andShoghi Effendi, were in Africa at various times. More recently the roughly 2000[37] Baháʼís of Egypt have been embroiled in theEgyptian identification card controversy from 2006[38] through 2009.[39] Since then there have been homes burned down and families driven out of towns.[40] On the other hand, Baháʼís were able to mobilize for nine regional conferences called for by theUniversal House of Justice 20 October 2008 to celebrate recent achievements in grassroots community-building and to plan their next steps in organizing in their home areas.[41]
Hinduism has existed in Africa mainly since the late 19th century. There are an estimated 2-2.5 million adherents of Hinduism in Africa. It is the largest religion inMauritius,[42] and several other countries have Hindu temples.Hindus came to South Africa as indentured laborers in the 19th century. The youngM.K. Gandhi lived and worked among the Indian community in South Africa for twenty years before returning to India to participate in India's freedom movement.[43]
Buddhism is a tiny religion in Africa with around 250,000 practicing adherents,[44] and up to nearly 400,000[45] if combined withTaoism andChinese Folk Religion as a common traditional religion of mostly newChinese migrants (significant minority inMauritius,Réunion, andSouth Africa). About half of African Buddhists are now living inSouth Africa, whileMauritius has the highest Buddhist percentage in the continent, between 1.5%[46] to 2%[47] of the total population.
Other faiths are practiced in Africa, includingSikhism,Jainism,Zoroastrianism andRastafari among others.[48]
A Gallup poll found[when?] that the irreligious comprise 20% inSouth Africa, 16% inBotswana, 13% inMozambique, 13% inTogo, 12% inIvory Coast, 10% inEthiopia andAngola, 9% inSudan,Zimbabwe andAlgeria, 8% inNamibia and 7% inMadagascar.[49][failed verification]
Syncretism is the combining of different (often contradictory) beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. In thecommonwealth of Africa syncretism with indigenous beliefs is practiced throughout the region. It is believed by some to explain religious tolerance between different groups.[50] Kwesi Yankah andJohn Mbiti argue that many African peoples today have a 'mixed' religious heritage to try to reconcile traditional religions with Abrahamic faiths.[51][52]
Jesse Mugambi claims that the Christianity taught to Africans by missionaries had a fear of syncretism, which was carried on by current African Christian leadership in an attempt to keep Christianity "pure."[53] Syncretism in Africa is said by others to be overstated,[54] and due to a misunderstanding of the abilities of local populations to form their own orthodoxies and also confusion over what isculture and what is religion.[citation needed] Others state that the term syncretism is a vague one,[55] since it can be applied to refer to substitution or modification of the central elements of Christianity or Islam with beliefs or practices from somewhere else.
The consequences under this definition, according tomissiologist Keith Ferdinando, are a fatal compromise of the religion's integrity. However, communities in Africa (e.g.Afro-Asiatic) have many common practices which are also found in Abrahamic faiths, and thus these traditions do not fall under the category of some definitions of syncretism.[56]
| Country | Population | Christian | Muslim | Irreligion | Hindu | Buddhist | Folk religion | Other religion | Jewish | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ||
 Algeria | 43,851,044 | 419,570 | 1.00 | 43,734,560 | 98.00 | 354,700 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 10,000 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 140,000 | 0.33 |
 Egypt | 81,120,000 | 9,486,120 | 11.20 | 76,982,880 | 88.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 | 0.10 |
 Libya | 6,360,000 | 171,720 | 2.70 | 6,143,760 | 96.60 | 12,720 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 19,080 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Morocco | 31,950,000 | 20,000 | 0.06 | 31,918,050 | 99.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,200 | 0.01 | 2,200 | 0.04 |
 Sudan | 33,600,000 | 1,814,400 | 5.40 | 30,475,200 | 90.70 | 336,000 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 940,800 | 2.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Tunisia | 10,480,000 | 20,960 | 0.20 | 10,427,600 | 99.50 | 20,960 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,100 | 0.10 |
| Country | Population | Christian | Muslim | Irreligion | Hindu | Buddhist | Folk religion | Other religion | Jewish | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ||
 Burundi | 13,162,955 | 12,294,199 | 93.40 | 276,422 | 2.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 477,960 | 5.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Comoros | 730,620 | 5,000 | 0.20 | 725,620 | 99.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Djibouti | 893,450 | 20,470 | 2.30 | 862,410 | 96.90 | 1,780 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,670 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,780 | 0.20 |
 Eritrea | 5,250,000 | 2,625,000 | 50.00 | 2,520,000 | 48.00 | 5,250 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 21,000 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Ethiopia | 126,527,060 | 85,152,711 | 67.3 | 39,602,969 | 31.3 | 50,000 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,156,700 | 2.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 25,000 | 1.00 |
 Kenya[57] | 47,564,296 | 44,667,473 | 85.5 | 5,184,508 | 10.9 | 761,029 | 1.60 | 61,834 | 0.13 | N/A | N/A | 323,437 | 0.68 | 546,989 | 1.15 | N/A | N/A |
 Madagascar | 28,812,195 | 24,403,929 | 84.7 | 893,178 | 3.1 | 1,428,990 | 6.90 | 10,000 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 931,950 | 4.50 | 20,000 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Malawi[58] | 17,563,749 | 13,581,623 | 77.33 | 2,426,754 | 13.82 | 376,784 | 2.15 | 3,211 | 0.02 | 5,506 | 0.03 | 186,284 | 1.06 | 983,587 | 5.60 | N/A | N/A |
 Mauritius | 1,235,260 | 328,900 | 25.30 | 217,100 | 16.70 | 7,800 | 0.60 | 733,200 | 56.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 9,100 | 0.70 | 3,900 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Mayotte | 200,000 | 1,400 | 0.70 | 197,200 | 98.60 | 400 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Mozambique | 34,173,805 | 21,187,759 | 62.00 | 6,493,022 | 19.00 | 4,186,810 | 17.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,730,860 | 7.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Reunion | 850,000 | 744,600 | 87.60 | 35,700 | 4.20 | 17,000 | 2.00 | 38,250 | 4.50 | 1,700 | 0.20 | 3,400 | 0.40 | 9,350 | 1.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Rwanda | 13,400,541 | 12,569,707 | 93.80 | 294,811 | 2.20 | 382,320 | 3.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 106,200 | 1.00 | 21,240 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Seychelles | 90,000 | 84,600 | 94.00 | 1,038 | 1.10 | 1,890 | 2.10 | 1,890 | 2.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 540 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Somalia | 9,330,000 | 100 | 0.01 | 9,311,340 | 99.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 South Sudan | 12,118,379 | 7,331,619 | 60.50 | 751,339 | 6.20 | 49,750 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,273,550 | 32.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Tanzania | 61,741,120 | 38,958,647 | 63.10 | 21,053,722 | 34.10 | 627,760 | 1.40 | 44,840 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 807,120 | 1.80 | 30,000 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Uganda | 47,729,952 | 40,284,079 | 84.4 | 6,539,003 | 13.7 | 167,100 | 0.50 | 100,260 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 | 300,780 | 0.90 | 33,420 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Zambia | 20,216,029 | 19,730,844 | 97.60 | 202,160 | 1.00 | 65,450 | 0.50 | 13,090 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 39,270 | 0.30 | 117,810 | 0.90 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Zimbabwe | 16,775,307 | 14,678,393 | 87.50 | 167,753 | 1.00 | 993,030 | 7.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 477,660 | 3.80 | 37,710 | 0.30 | 10,000 | 0.08 |
| Eastern Africa | 333,970,000 | 238,006,180 | 71.27 | 73,510,760 | 22.01 | 9,371,310 | 2.81 | 982,040 | 0.29 | 1,700 | 0.00 | 11,288,190 | 3.38 | 760,090 | 0.23 | 11,780 | 0.00 |
| Country | Population | Christian | Muslim | Irreligion | Hindu | Buddhist | Folk religion | Other religion | Jewish | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ||
 Angola | 35,981,281 | 33,426,610 | 92.90 | 395,794 | 1.10 | 973,080 | 5.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 801,360 | 4.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Cameroon | 30,135,732 | 17,991,032 | 59.70 | 6,087,417 | 20.20 | 1,038,800 | 5.30 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 646,800 | 3.30 | 529,270 | 2.70 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Central African Republic | 4,403,540 | 3,938,000 | 89.50 | 862,000 | 15.00 | 44,000 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 44,000 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Chad | 11,230,000 | 4,559,380 | 40.60 | 9,200,000 | 58.00 | 280,750 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 157,220 | 1.40 | 11,230 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
 DRC | 111,859,928 | 104,161,811 | 95.80 | 2,125,338 | 1.90 | 1,187,460 | 1.80 | 30,000 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 461,790 | 0.70 | 65,970 | 0.10 | 2,500 | 0.00003 |
 Republic of the Congo | 4,040,000 | 3,470,360 | 85.90 | 108,000 | 2.00 | 363,600 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 113,120 | 2.80 | 44,440 | 1.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Equatorial Guinea | 700,000 | 620,900 | 88.70 | 80,000 | 10.00 | 35,000 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 11,900 | 1.70 | 3,500 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Gabon | 1,510,000 | 1,155,150 | 76.50 | 169,120 | 11.20 | 84,560 | 5.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 90,600 | 6.00 | 10,570 | 0.70 | 0 | 0.00 |
 São Tome and Príncipe | 170,000 | 139,740 | 82.20 | 6,000 | 3.00 | 21,420 | 12.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,930 | 2.90 | 4,080 | 2.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Country | Population | Christian | Muslim | Irreligion | Hindu | Buddhist | Folk religion | Other religion | Jewish | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ||
 Botswana | 2,010,000 | 1,449,210 | 72.10 | 8,040 | 0.40 | 414,060 | 20.60 | 6,030 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 | 120,600 | 6.00 | 12,060 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Eswatini | 1,193,560 | 1,051,526 | 88.10 | 2,400 | 2.00 | 120,190 | 10.10 | 1,190 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 11,900 | 1.00 | 4,760 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2,170,000 | 2,105,560 | 96.70 | 3,000 | 0.10 | 67,270 | 3.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,170 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
 Namibia | 2,280,000 | 2,223,000 | 97.50 | 6,840 | 0.30 | 43,320 | 1.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,560 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Saint Helena | 4,000 | 3,860 | 96.50 | 140 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 South Africa | 62,027,503 | 50,366,332 | 81.20 | 1,240,550 | 2.00 | 6,136,274 | 14.90 | 753,524 | 1.70 | 100,260 | 0.20 | 200,520 | 0.40 | 150,390 | 0.30 | 50,130 | 0.10 |
| Country | Population | Christian | Muslim | Irreligion | Hindu | Buddhist | Folk religion | Other religion | Not Stated/Undeclared | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | ||
 Benin | 13,852,780 | 5,690,500 | 48.00 | 3,141,320 | 28.00 | 442,500 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,601,850 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Burkina Faso | 20,505,155 | 5,392,855 | 26.3 | 13,082,290 | 63.8 | 1,845,463 | 9.0 | 184,546 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||
 Cape Verde | 512,450 | 445,500 | 89.10 | 800 | 2.00 | 45,500 | 9.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,500 | 1.50 | 1,000 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Gambia | 1,730,000 | 77,850 | 4.50 | 1,645,230 | 95.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,730 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Ghana[59] | 34,237,620 | 24,411,423 | 71.3 | 6,813,286 | 19.9 | 338,720 | 1.1 | 985,365 | 3.2 | 1,385,665 | 4.5 | ||||||
 Guinea | 9,980,000 | 1,087,820 | 10.90 | 8,423,120 | 84.40 | 179,640 | 1.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 269,460 | 2.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Guinea Bissau | 1,520,000 | 300,000 | 20.00 | 826,800 | 45.20 | 65,360 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 469,680 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Ivory Coast[60] | 29,389,150 | 11,696,880 | 39.8 | 12,490,390 | 42.5 | 3,703,033 | 12.6 | 646,450 | 2.2 | 205,725 | 0.7 | 646,560 | 2.2 | ||||
 Liberia | 3,990,000 | 3,427,410 | 85.90 | 962,000 | 20.00 | 55,860 | 1.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 19,950 | 0.50 | 3,990 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Mali | 19,329,841 | 491,840 | 3.20 | 17,508,400 | 95.00 | 414,990 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 245,920 | 1.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Mauritania | 4,594,525 | 3,000 | 0.10 | 4,591,525 | 99.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Niger | 15,510,000 | 124,080 | 0.80 | 15,261,840 | 98.40 | 108,570 | 0.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Nigeria | 230,842,743 | 113,805,472 | 49.3 | 112,651,258 | 48.8 | 633,680 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 10,000 | 0.01 | 2,217,880 | 1.00 | 90,000 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Senegal | 17,745,000 | 887,250 | 5.00 | 16,325,400 | 92.00 | 35,490 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 496,860 | 2.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Sierra Leone | 5,870,000 | 1,226,830 | 21.00 | 4,578,600 | 78.00 | 5,870 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 46,960 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Togo | 6,030,000 | 2,635,110 | 43.70 | 1,562,000 | 20.00 | 373,860 | 6.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,146,680 | 35.60 | 36,180 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 |
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