Religion in South Sudan

Religion in South Sudan (2023 estimate)[1][2]

  Christianity (60.5%)
  Traditional faiths (32.9%)
  Islam (6.2%)
  Other (0.4%)
A Christian worship service under a tree in Warrap.

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 Catholic, while speaking at St. Theresa Cathedral in Juba, stated that South Sudan would be a nation which respects freedom of religion.[3][4] The reported estimated relative proportions of adherents of traditional African religions and Christianity have varied.[5][6][7][8][9] A 2019 study found that Protestants outnumbered Catholics in South Sudan.[10]

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  2. ^ "South Sudan". Global Religious Futures. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "South Sudan". United States Department of State. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. ^ "South Sudan profile". BBC News. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  6. ^ Eric Kaufmann, Rethinking ethnicity: majority groups and dominant minorities. Routledge, 2004, p. 45.
  7. ^ Minahan, J. Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z. Greenwood Press, 2002, p. 1786.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Sudan: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress - Chapter 2, Ethnicity, Regionalism and Ethnicity
  10. ^ US Institute of Peace, 2019 report "The Religious Landscape in South Sudan"