Sudan Religion Statistics

Government statistics indicate less than 1 percent of the population primarily in Blue Nile and South Kordofan States adhere to traditional African religious beliefs. Religion and the Secular State.

Sudan National Report1 I.

Sudan religion statistics. The Religious Characteristics of States Dataset Project. SOCIAL CONTEXT It has been generally recognized that the independence of political power from religious power within Western experience marks the definitive transition to the modern state2 but does not interrupt the relationship between law and religion3. Percent of population who are Muslims.

Until 1956 Sudan was under Anglo-Egyptian co-rule and since it has gained its independence it has been involved in two civil wars. SUDAN 3 International Religious. According to the South Sudan.

The demographics of Sudan are characterized by ethnic religious and linguistic diversity. A study Religion in South Sudan by the Pew Research on Religion stated that South Sudans population are 605 Christian 329 follow traditional African religion 62 are Muslim and 04 are considered other All of the years of civil war in South Sudan has left its economy very weak and underdeveloped. The majority of Sudans population is Muslim belonging overwhelmingly to the.

The vast majority are Muslims 967. Sunni Islam in Sudan as in much of the rest of Africa has been characterized by the formation of tarīqah s or Muslim religious brotherhoods. Religion and the Secular State.

According to the government approximately 97 percent of the population is Muslim following the separation of South Sudan in 2011. Peace talks gained momentum in 2002-04 with the. This entry is an ordered listing of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.

It is unclear whether government estimates include South Sudanese predominantly Christian or. In January 2005 the NorthSouth Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Factbook Countries Sudan Demographics.

These conflicts were rooted in northern economic political and social domination of largely non-Muslim non-Arab southern Sudanese. Sudan National Report I. Sudan was embroiled in two prolonged civil wars during most of the remainder of the 20th century.

The rest of the religions range from 3 Christians in northern Sudan Khartoum and the Nuba Mountains to about 003 traditional religions in the Nuba Mountains and Southern Blue Nile regions. Some Christians and Muslims incorporate aspects of these traditional beliefs into their religious practice. Capital Khartoum Population 2010 33600000 Annual population growth rate 2000-2010 25 Population gain 2000-2010 7225000 GDP per capita.

Updated as of 2020. The oldest of these tarīqah s is the Qādiriyyah which was introduced to the Sudan region from the Middle East in the 16th century. Differences in language religion and political power erupted in a civil war between government forces strongly influenced by the National Islamic Front NIF and the southern rebels whose most influential faction was the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army SPLA eventually concluding in the independence of South Sudan in 2011.

Percent of Muslims in each country. Sudan Statistics by Diocese by Catholic Population Click on the column title to sort by that column Catholics Population Percent Catholic Diocese Year Source 1. There are Arabs Negroes Beja Nubians and others.

SOUTH SUDAN 2 International Religious Freedom Report for 2018 United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor make it difficult to estimate the overall population and its religious demography accurately. Government estimates the total population at 367 million July 2016 estimate. The reported estimated relative proportions of.

In the early 1990s official records of Sudan as a whole Sudan and South Sudan showed that a large percentage adhered to African Traditional Religion 17 and Christianity 8 though both located mainly. Demographics reports the estimates of religious demographics both country by country and region by region. SOCIAL CONTEXT It has been generally recognized that the independence of political power from religious power within Western experience marks the definitive transition to the modern State1 but does not interrupt the relationship between law and religion2.

Sunni Muslim small Christian minority. The RCS was created to fulfill the unmet need for a dataset on the religious dimensions of countries of the world with the state-year as the unit of observation. The government believes that 97 of the population follow Islam while only 3 are Christians or animists.

Facts and statistics about the Religions of Sudan. There are conflicting reports as to the religious beliefs in South Sudan though all agree that the three main religions are traditional African religions Christianity and IslamPresident Salva Kiir a Catholic while speaking at Saint Theresa Cathedral in Juba stated that South Sudan would be a nation which respects freedom of religion. 16 rows Religions Muslim.

The majority of Sudans population is Muslim belonging overwhelmingly to the Sunni branch. The first civil war ended in 1972 but another broke out in 1983. It is unclear whether state figures take into account the fact that not all South Sudanese Christians migrated to South Sudan after its independence see Religion in the South Sudanese profile.

South Sudan Religion Britannica