Christianity is the largest religion in Cape Verde, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. Different sources give varying estimates on the relative sizes of various Christian denominations. According to projections from the Association of Religion Data Archives, more than 94% of the population of Cape Verde is Christian, with almost 85% being Roman Catholic. World Religion Database 2020 at the ARDA website, Retrieved 2023-08-01 About 5% of the population is Protestant.Susanne Lipps: Kapverdische Inseln, p.47. Ostfilern 2009. The largest Protestant denomination is the Church of the Nazarene.International Religious Freedom Report 2022: Cape Verde. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Other groups include the Assemblies of God, Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, independent Baptists and various other Pentecostal and evangelical groups. There is also a small presence of the Islamic and Baháʼí Faith communities.
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice.
The national census in 2021 showed 73% Roman Catholics, 2% Seventh Day Adventists, 2% Nazarene, 2% Christian Rationalist, 1% Muslim, and 16% who were not identifying with any religion.
In 2023, the country was scored 4 out of 4 for religious freedom.Freedom House website, Retrieved 2023-08-01
See also
Outline of Cape Verde Islands of Macaronesia Azores Canary Islands Madeira Christianity in Cape Verde Roman Catholicism in Cape Verde Islam in Cape Verde Freedom of religion in Cape Verde The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cape Verde
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