Religions in Ghana
From Missiopedia
Religious affiliation in Ghana, 1900-2025.
| Religion | AD1900 | % | AD1925 | % | AD1950 | % | AD1975 | % | AD2000 | % | AD2025 | |
| Christians | 69.0% | |||||||||||
| Muslims | ||||||||||||
| Ethnoreligionists | ||||||||||||
| Nonreligious | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 2,200,000 | 100.0 | 20,212,000 | 100.0 | 36,876,000 | 100.0 |
CENSUSES
All censuses before 1960 took religious information from churches, thus including only affiliation (not professing) Christians.
- 1901: 40,305 Christians.
- 1911: 100,000 Christians, 63,491 Muslims.
- 1931: 89.5% Ethnoreligionists, 8.6% Christians, 1.8% Ahmadi Muslim.
- 1.II.1948: (Gold Coast/Togoland): 84.1% Ethnoreligionists, 15.9% Christians (7.7% Roman Catholic, 7.2% Protestant, 0.9% Anglican), 0.6% Ahmadi Muslim.
- 20.III.1960: 45.2% Ethnoreligionist, 42.8% Christians (13.4% Roman Catholic, 10.3% Methodist, 9.9% Presbyterian, 5.0% African indigenous churches, 2.6% Anglican, 1.6% other Christians), 12.0% Muslims (6.8% Malikite, 4.7% Ahmadi, 0.5% Shafite).
- 1.III.1970: 52.7% Christians (15.8% Roman Catholic, 12.0% Presbyterian, 11.4% Methodist, 10.2% African indigenous, 2.3% Anglican, 0.6% marginal Protestant, 0.4% other Christians), 33.3% Ethnoreligionist, 13.9% Muslims (6.4% Malikite, 6.3% Ahmadi, 1.2% Shafiite), 0.1% Baha'i.
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
- CIA World Handbook: Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21%
