Editing Mozambique (section)

===Religion===
{{Main|Religion in Mozambique}}

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The 2007 census found that Christians made up 59.2% of Mozambique's population, Muslims comprised 18.9% of the population, 7.3% of the people held other beliefs, mainly [[animism]], and 13.9% had no religious beliefs.<ref name=CIA/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118125117/http://www.ine.gov.mz/censo2007 3º Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação]. 2007 Census of Mozambique. ine.gov.mz</ref> A more recent government survey conducted by the [[Demographic and Health Surveys]] program in 2015 indicated that Catholicism had increased to 30.5% of the population, Muslims constituted 19.3%, and various Protestant groups a total of 44%.<ref name="DHS 2015">{{cite web|url=https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/AIS12/AIS12.pdf|title=Moçambique: Inquérito de Indicadores de Imunização, Malária e HIV/SIDA em Moçambique (IMASIDA), 2015|publisher=Ministério da Saúde & Instituto Nacional de Estatística|language=pt|page=40|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421162732/https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/AIS12/AIS12.pdf|archive-date=21 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to 2018 estimates from the [[United States Commission on International Religious Freedom]], 28% of the population is Catholic, 18% are Muslim (mostly Sunni), 15% are [[Zionist churches|Zionist Christians]], 12% are Protestants, 7% are members of other religious groups, and 18% have no religion.<ref name="IRFR">{{cite web|title=Mozambique 2018 International Religious Freedom Report|url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MOZAMBIQUE-2018-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf|year=2018|publisher=[[United States Commission on International Religious Freedom]]|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615040201/https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MOZAMBIQUE-2018-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Catholic Church has established twelve dioceses (Beira, Chimoio, Gurué, Inhambane, Lichinga, Maputo, Nacala, Nampula, Pemba, Quelimane, Tete,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140110135231/http://www.diocesedetete.org.mz/diocese/index.php CELEBRANDO O ANO DA FÉ NA DIOCESE DE TETE]. diocesedetete.org.mz (7 September 2012)</ref> and Xai-Xai; archdioceses are [[Beira, Mozambique|Beira]], [[Maputo]] and [[Nampula]]). Statistics for the dioceses range from a low 5.8% Catholics in the population in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimoio|Diocese of Chimoio]], to 32.50% in Quelimane diocese (Anuario catolico de Mocambique). Among the main Protestant denominations are [[United Baptist Church of Mozambique|Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique]], the [[Assembleias de Deus]], the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]], the [[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]], the Igreja do Evangelho Completo de Deus, the [[Igreja Metodista Unida]], the [[Igreja Presbiteriana de Moçambique]], the [[Igrejas de Cristo]] and the Assembleia Evangélica de Deus. The work of Methodism in Mozambique started in 1890. Erwin Richards began a Methodist mission at Chicuque in Inhambane Province. The Igreja Metodista Unida em Moçambique (United Methodist Church in Mozambique) observed the 100th anniversary of Methodist presence in Mozambique in 1990. President Chissano praised the work and role of the UMC to more than 10,000 people who attended the ceremony. The United Methodist Church has tripled in size in Mozambique since 1998. There are more than 150,000 members in more than 180 congregations of the 24 districts. New pastors are ordained each year. New churches are chartered each year in each Annual Conference (north and south).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moumethodist.org/pages/detail/1373|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510092507/http://www.moumethodist.org/pages/detail/1373|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 May 2015|date=July 2011|title=UMC in Mozambique|work=moumethodist.org}}</ref>

[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] has established a growing presence. It first began sending missionaries to Mozambique in 1999, and, as of April 2015, has more than 7,943 members.<ref>[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/mozambique/ LDS Statistics and Church Facts for Mozambique] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712232007/https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/mozambique |date=12 July 2019 }}. Mormonnewsroom.org. Retrieved 21 June 2015.</ref> The [[Baháʼí Faith]] has been present in Mozambique since the early 1950s but did not openly identify itself in those years because of the strong influence of the Catholic Church which did not recognise it officially as a world religion. The independence in 1975 saw the entrance of new pioneers. In total, there are about 3,000 declared Baháʼís {{As of|2010|lc=y}}. Muslims are particularly present in the north of the country. They are organised in several "[[tariqa]]" or [[Fraternity|brotherhoods]]. Two national organisations also exist—the ''Conselho Islâmico de Moçambique'' and the ''Congresso Islâmico de Moçambique''. There are also important Pakistani, Indian associations as well as some Shia communities. There is a very small but thriving Jewish community in Maputo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/culture/392973/in-mozambique-a-very-small-jewish-community-thrives/|title=In Mozambique, A Jewish Community Thrives|last1=Joseph|first1=Anne|date=February 2018|website=The Forward|access-date=19 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210063439/https://forward.com/culture/392973/in-mozambique-a-very-small-jewish-community-thrives/|archive-date=10 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>