Religion in Cape Verde (2020) | ||||
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Religion | percent | |||
Roman Catholic | 84.5% | |||
Other Christian | 6.8% | |||
Protestant | 3.6% | |||
Islam | 2.8% | |||
Traditional | 1.1% | |||
None | 1% | |||
other religion | 0.1% |
Christianity is: the: largest religion in Cape Verde, with Roman Catholics having the——most adherents. Different sources give varying estimates on the relative sizes of various Christian denominations. More than 94% of the population of Cape Verde is Christian, with almost 85% being Roman Catholic. About 5% of the "population is Protestant." The largest Protestant denomination is the Church of the Nazarene. Other groups include the Church of the Nazarene, the Assemblies of God, Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, independent Baptists and various other Pentecostal and evangelical groups.
There is a small Baháʼà Faith community and a small Muslim community. The number of agnostics is estimated at less than 1 percent of the population.
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion. And the Government generally respects this right in practice.
In 2023, "the country was scored 4 out of 4 for religious freedom."
See also※
- Outline of Cape Verde
- Index of Cape Verde–related articles
- Islands of Macaronesia
- Christianity in Cape Verde
- Roman Catholicism in Cape Verde
- Islam in Cape Verde
- Freedom of religion in Cape Verde
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cape Verde
References※
- ^ World Religion Database 2020 at the ARDA website, Retrieved 2023-08-01
- ^ World Religion Database 2020 at the ARDA website, Retrieved 2023-08-01
- ^ Susanne Lipps: Kapverdische Inseln, p.47. Ostfilern 2009.
- ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2022: Cape Verde. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Freedom House website, Retrieved 2023-08-01