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Nigeria is a religious diverse society with Islam and Christianity being the most widely professed religions.
Recent estimates indicated that 50.4% of Nigeria‘s population adheres to Islam (mainly Sunni). Christianity is practiced by 48.2% of the population (15% Protestant, 13.7% Catholic, 19.6% other Christian).
According to Wikipedia, adherents of Animism and other religions collectively represent 1.4% of the population while all religions represented in Nigeria were practiced in every major city.
However, Islam dominated the north and had a number of supporters in the South Western,Yoruba part of the country. Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in sub-Saharan Africa. Protestantism and local syncretic Christianity are also in evidence in Yoruba areas, while Catholicism dominates the Igbo and closely related areas.Nigeria is a religious diverse society with Islam and Christianity being the most widely professed religions.
Recent estimates indicated that 50.4% of Nigeria‘s population adheres to Islam (mainly Sunni). Christianity is practiced by 48.2% of the population (15% Protestant, 13.7% Catholic, 19.6% other Christian).
According to Wikipedia, adherents of Animism and other religions collectively represent 1.4% of the population while all religions represented in Nigeria were practiced in every major city.
However, Islam dominated the north and had a number of supporters in the South Western,Yoruba part of the country. Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in sub-Saharan Africa. Protestantism and local syncretic Christianity are also in evidence in Yoruba areas, while Catholicism dominates the Igbo and closely related areas.
Recent estimates indicated that 50.4% of Nigeria‘s population adheres to Islam (mainly Sunni). Christianity is practiced by 48.2% of the population (15% Protestant, 13.7% Catholic, 19.6% other Christian).
According to Wikipedia, adherents of Animism and other religions collectively represent 1.4% of the population while all religions represented in Nigeria were practiced in every major city.
However, Islam dominated the north and had a number of supporters in the South Western,Yoruba part of the country. Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in sub-Saharan Africa. Protestantism and local syncretic Christianity are also in evidence in Yoruba areas, while Catholicism dominates the Igbo and closely related areas.Nigeria is a religious diverse society with Islam and Christianity being the most widely professed religions.
Recent estimates indicated that 50.4% of Nigeria‘s population adheres to Islam (mainly Sunni). Christianity is practiced by 48.2% of the population (15% Protestant, 13.7% Catholic, 19.6% other Christian).
According to Wikipedia, adherents of Animism and other religions collectively represent 1.4% of the population while all religions represented in Nigeria were practiced in every major city.
However, Islam dominated the north and had a number of supporters in the South Western,Yoruba part of the country. Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in sub-Saharan Africa. Protestantism and local syncretic Christianity are also in evidence in Yoruba areas, while Catholicism dominates the Igbo and closely related areas.
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