Editing Demographics of Eritrea (section)

==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in Eritrea}}
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File:Regions of Eritrea.svg|thumb|Regions of Eritrea 1. Maekel 2. Anseba 3. Gash-Barka 4. Debub 5. Northern Red Sea 6. Southern Red Sea
poly 167 182  163 205  179 211  184 203  176 179 [[Maekel Region]]
poly 167 182  176 179  118 108  118  50   59  85   53 133 [[Anseba Region]]
poly 163 205  167 182   53 133   19 258   91 276  135 239  147 206 [[Gash-Barka Region]]
poly 184 203  179 211  147 206  135 239  153 254  221 248  225 226  189 200 [[Debub Region]]
poly 176 179  184 203  189 200  225 226  221 248  271 259  279 220  200 159  155  21  118  50  118 108 [[Northern Red Sea Region]]
poly 279 220  271 259  419 388  442 361  319 241 [[Southern Red Sea Region]]
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People in Eritrea practice various religions. According to the [[Pew Research Center]] (2010), 62.9% of the population are [[Christianity|Christian]], mostly followers of Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo, and to a lesser extent, [[Roman Catholicism]], with the second-largest religion being [[Muslims]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://features.pewforum.org/global-christianity/total-population-percentage.php|title=Table: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country|date=19 December 2011|work=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|access-date=31 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107191939/http://features.pewforum.org/global-christianity/total-population-percentage.php|archive-date=7 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In general, most local residents who adhere to [[Christianity]] live in the [[Maekel Region|Maekel]] and [[Debub Region|Debub]] regions, whereas those who follow [[Islam]] predominantly inhabit the [[Anseba Region|Anseba]], [[Northern Red Sea Region|Northern Red Sea]], [[Southern Red Sea Region|Southern Red Sea]] and [[Gash-Barka Region|Gash-Barka]] regions. A few adherents of [[Traditional African religion|traditional faiths]] can also be found, particularly in the lowlands.

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! Region<ref name="EncycloGRel">{{Cite encyclopedia |editor-first1=Mark |editor-last1=Juergensmeyer |editor-first2=Wade Clark |editor-last2=Roof |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Global Religion |publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] |location=Los Angeles |date=2011 |isbn=978-0-7619-2729-7 |article=Eritrea |first=Becky |last= Hsu |pages=354–355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwJzAwAAQBAJ&q=eritrea |access-date=2020-10-22 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
! Christians {{percentage bar|56}}
! Muslims {{percentage bar|43}}
! Other {{percentage bar|1}}
|-
| [[Maekel Region]], ''ዞባ ማእከል''
| {{percentage bar|90}}
| {{percentage bar|9}}
| {{percentage bar|1}}
|-
| [[Debub region]], ''ዞባ ደቡብ''
| {{percentage bar|89}}
| {{percentage bar|10}}
| {{percentage bar|1|<1%}}
|-
| [[Gash-Barka Region]], ''ዞባ ጋሽ ባርካ''
| {{percentage bar|9}}
| {{percentage bar|90}}
| {{percentage bar|1}}
|-
| [[Anseba Region]], ''ዞባ ዓንሰባ''
| {{percentage bar|27}}
| {{percentage bar|72}}
| {{percentage bar|1|<1%}}
|-
| [[Northern Red Sea Region]],<br />''Semienawi Keyih Bahri ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ''
| {{percentage bar|1}}
| {{percentage bar|99}}
| {{percentage bar|0}}
|-
| [[Southern Red Sea Region]],<br />''Debubawi Keyih Bahri ዞባ ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ''
| {{percentage bar|23}}
| {{percentage bar|76}}
| {{percentage bar|1|<1%}}
|-
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