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Africa > Benin > Religion

BENINESE RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Catholic > Cardinals 1 [31st of 65]
Catholic > Diocesan priests 334 [58th of 143]
Catholic > Total Priests 440 [68th of 149]
Catholics 1,561,000 [64th of 140]
Catholics as percentage 23.18 [66th of 150]
Islam > Number of Muslim 1,680,000 [49th of 67]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 20% [62nd of 168]
Islam > Population 1,492,005 [64th of 165]
Islam > Shia 50,400 [54th of 67]
Islam > Sunni 1,629,600 [46th of 67]
Islam in Africa > Islamic population in Africa and population percentage > Population 20 % [24th of 45]
Jehovahs Witnesses 8,366 [70th of 178]
Muslim 20 % [48th of 66]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants 298,401 [89th of 167]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant 4 % [98th of 163]
Religions
Christian 42.8% (Catholic 27.1%, Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant 2.2%, other 5.3%), Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, other 15.5%
Religions > All
indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
Religions > Muslim 20 % [49th of 100]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 23.18 % [72nd of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 3,356 [116th of 232]

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SOURCES: Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Catholic Hierarchy.org; Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam ; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; CIA World Factbook; Wikipedia: Islam in Africa ; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country ; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Benin, Republic of Benin, Republique du Benin

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dayron
24th November 2005
Benin is the native birth place of voodoo, it is still practiced in small areas of the country.

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