Editing Ivory Coast (section)

===Religion===
{{Further|Religion in Ivory Coast|Islam in Ivory Coast|Christianity in Ivory Coast}}
{{CSS image crop|Image = Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Yamoussoukro 2.jpg|bSize = 1500|cWidth = 275|cHeight = 180|oTop = 500|oLeft = 640|Description=[[Basilica of Our Lady of Peace]] in the capital city [[Yamoussoukro]], the [[List of largest church buildings|largest church]] in Africa}}
[[File:IslamcultCI.jpg|thumb|Central [[mosque]] in [[Marcory]]]]
Ivory Coast has a religiously diverse population. According to the latest 2021 census data, adherents of [[Islam]] (mainly [[Sunni]]) represented 42.5% of the total population, while followers of [[Christianity]] (mainly [[Catholic Church in Ivory Coast|Catholic]] and [[Evangelical]]) comprised 39.8% of the population. An additional 12.6% of the population identified as [[irreligious]], while 2.2% reported following [[animism]] ([[traditional African religions]]), 0.7% another religion, and 2.2% did not state their religion in the census. Excluding those who did not state their religion, the population was 43.5% Muslim, 40.7% Christian, 12.9% not religious, 2.2% animist, and 0.7% adherent of another religion.<ref name=":religions2021">{{Cite web |date=October 2022 |title=Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2021 - Résultats globaux définitifs  |url=https://www.ins.ci/RGPH2021/RESULTATS%20DEFINITIFSRP21.pdf |author=[[Institut National de la Statistique de Côte d'Ivoire]] |page=41 |language=fr |access-date=2025-02-01 }}</ref>

Between the 1998 and 2021 censuses, the Muslim population of Côte d'Ivoire grew by 110% (i.e. the Muslim population was 2.1 times larger in 2021 than it was in 1998), whereas the Christian population grew by 150% (i.e. Christian population 2.5 times larger in 2021 compared to 1998); meanwhile, the animist population experienced a decline of 65.5%.<ref name=Religion1975-98>{{cite web |url=https://ireda.ceped.org/inventaire/ressources/civ-1998-rec-o1_t1_%20etat_structure_population.pdf |title=Recensement général de la population et de l'habitation 1998 - Volume IV : Tome 1 : Etat et structures de la population |page=61 |author=[[Institut National de la Statistique de Côte d'Ivoire]]|language=fr |access-date=2025-02-01 }}</ref><ref name=":religions2021" />

A 2020 estimate by the Pew Research Center projected that Christians would represent 44% of the total population, while Muslims would represent 37.2% of the population. In addition, it estimated that 8.1% would be religiously unaffiliated, and 10.5% as followers of traditional African religions (animism).<ref name="globalrf">{{cite web |url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/ivory-coast/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2020 |title=Ivory Coast |work=Global Religious Futures |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=1 July 2021 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140956/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/ivory-coast/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CIA" /> In 2009, according to [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]] estimates, Christians and Muslims each made up 35% to 40% of the population, while an estimated 25% of the population practised traditional (animist) religions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091130032000/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127228.htm Côte d'Ivoire] . State.gov. Retrieved on 17 August 2012.</ref>

Yamoussoukro is home to the largest church building in the world, the [[Basilica of Our Lady of Peace]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mark |first=Monica |date=2015-05-15 |title=Yamoussoukro's Notre-Dame de la Paix, the world's largest basilica - a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 37 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/15/yamoussoukro-notre-dame-de-la-paix-ivory-coast-worlds-largest-basilica-history-of-cities-in-50-buildings-day-37 |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010003242/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/15/yamoussoukro-notre-dame-de-la-paix-ivory-coast-worlds-largest-basilica-history-of-cities-in-50-buildings-day-37 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Religions at censuses<br>
(excluding the 'Not stated' category)
! RELIGION
! colspan=2 | 1975
! colspan=2 | 1998
! colspan=2 | 2021
|-
! [[Animists]]
| colspan=2 | 30.2%
| colspan=2 | 12.0%
| colspan=2 | 2.2%
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Christians]]
| colspan=2 | 29.0%
| colspan=2 | 30.6%
| colspan=2 | 40.7%
|-
| <small>[[Catholics]]:<br>22.2%</small>
| <small>Other Christians:<br>6.8%</small>
| <small>[[Catholics]]:<br>19.5%</small>
| <small>Other Christians:<br>11.1%</small>
| <small>[[Catholics]]:<br>17.4%</small>
| <small>Other Christians:<br>23.3%</small>
|-
! [[Muslims]]
| colspan=2 | 33.5%
| colspan=2 | 38.9%
| colspan=2 | 43.5%
|-
! [[irreligious|Not religious]]
| colspan=2 | 6.2%
| colspan=2 | 16.8%
| colspan=2 | 12.9%
|-
! Other religions
| colspan=2 | 1.1%
| colspan=2 | 1.7%
| colspan=2 | 0.7%
|-
| Colspan=7 | <small>Sources: 1975 and 1998 censuses,<ref name=Religion1975-98 /> 2021 census.<ref name=":religions2021" /></small>
|}