Religion in South Africa
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South Africa has a wide mix of religions. Many religions are represented in the ethnic and regional diversity of South Africa's population. The traditional spiritualities of the Khoisan and Bantu speakers were succeeded in predominance by the Christianity introduced by the Dutch and, later, British settlers. Islam was introduced by the Cape Malay slaves of the Dutch settlers, Hinduism was introduced by the indentured servants imported from the Indian subcontinent, and Buddhism was introduced by both Indians and Chinese immigrants. The Bahá'í Faith was introduced in 1911 grew after Bahá'ís from Canada, the United States and Germany settled in the country.[1]
[edit] Demographics
A 2007 report gave the following religious demographics for the country:[2]
- Christianity: 29,684,861 adherents
- Traditional ethnic religion: 6,056,487 adherents
- Non-religious/other: 3,262,428 adherents
- Islam: 585,460 adherents
- Hinduism: 504,707 adherents
- Bahá'í Faith: 201,883 adherents
- Judaism: 68,640 adherents
- Buddhism/Chinese folk religion: 12,113 adherents
[edit] Notes
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- ^ Bahá'ís in South Africa - Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in South Africa since 1911. Official Website. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa (1997). Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ "Country Profile: South Africa (Republic of South Africa)", Religious Intelligence, Republic of South Africa: Religious Intelligence, 2007-8
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