Religion

An estimated 80% of the country’s citizens identify themselves as Christians. Protestants (mostly followers of Pentecostal African Churches) are around 63% of the population. Estimates from 2005 said there were 1,145,000 Roman Catholics in Zimbabwe. This is about 9% of the total population. The followers of ethnic religions are around 11%. Around 1% Muslims, mainly from Mozambique and Malawi, 0.1% are Hindus and 0.3% Baha’is. Approximately 7% of citizens have no religious practice.