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Cameroon

Cameroon Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 729.5 2013 106th out of 130
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 6 2014 94th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 1,277 2014 95th out of 195
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 20% 2014 53th out of 58
Islam > Percentage Muslim 20% 2004 62nd out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 30,361 2002 36th out of 177
Major religion(s) Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 18% 2014 60th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 3.6 million 2014 47th out of 177
Religions indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% 2008
Religions > All indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% 2006
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5% 2014 29th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 4.5% 2014 114th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 107,553 2004 34th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 6.09 2004 62nd out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; Wikipedia: Importance of religion by country (Countries); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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Cameroon Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Catholic 5 Christian 7
  • Cameroon ranked #6 for islam > percentage muslim amongst Christian countries in 2004.
  • Cameroon ranked third for seventh-day adventist membership amongst Former French colonies in 2004.

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