Back الدين في جنوب السودان Arabic Рэлігія ў Паўднёвым Судане Byelorussian Religion i Sydsudan Danish Religion au Soudan du Sud French Agama di Sudan Selatan ID Religioni in Sudan del Sud Italian Религија во Јужен Судан Macedonian Agama di Sudan Selatan Malay Religia w Sudanie Południowym Polish Религия в Южном Судане Russian
Religion in South Sudan (2023 estimate)[1][2]
Christianity (60.0%)
Traditional faiths (33.0%)
Islam (6.6%)
Other (0.4%)
Christianity is the most widely professed religion in South Sudan, with significant minorities of the adherents of traditional faiths and Islam.
President Salva Kiir, a Christian, while speaking at Saint Theresa Cathedral in Juba, stated that South Sudan would be a nation which respects freedom of religion.[3] The reported estimated relative proportions of adherents of traditional African religions and Christianity have varied.[4][5][6][7][8] A 2019 study found that Protestants outnumbered Catholics in South Sudan.[9]
- ^ "South Sudan". 5 February 2024.
- ^ "South Sudan". Global Religious Futures. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "South Sudan To Respect Freedom of Religion Says GOSS President | Sudan Radio Service". Sudanradio.org. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "South Sudan profile". BBC News. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Eric Kaufmann, Rethinking ethnicity: majority groups and dominant minorities. Routledge, 2004, p. 45.
- ^ Minahan, J. Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z. Greenwood Press, 2002, p. 1786.
- ^ Arnold, G. Book Review: Douglas H. Johnson, The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars. African Journal of Political Science Vol.8 No. 1, 2003, p. 147.
- ^ Sudan: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress - Chapter 2, Ethnicity, Regionalism and Ethnicity
- ^ US Institute of Peace, 2019 report "The Religious Landscape in South Sudan"
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