Editing Demographics of Tanzania (section)

==Religion==
{{Main article|Religion in Tanzania}}
[[File:Young Muslim Man - Bagamoyo - Tanzania.jpg|thumb|A Muslim man in [[Bagamoyo]].]]

Most Tanzanians are nowadays Christians and Muslims. The numerical relationship between followers of the two religions is regarded as politically sensitive and questions about religious affiliation have not been included in census questionnaires since 1967.

For many years estimates have been repeated that about a third of the population each follows Islam, Christianity and traditional religions.<ref>So repeated here: {{cite web|last=(USA government)|first=Central Intelligence Agency|title=The World Fact Book|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tanzania/|access-date=25 May 2014}}</ref>
As there is likely no longer such a large percentage of traditional religionists,<ref>note continued adherence to traditional beliefs also among Christians and Muslims:"(In Tanzania) more than half the people surveyed believe that sacrifices to ancestors or spirits can protect them from harm." see Pew report Christians and Muslims in Subsaharan Africa (2010)</ref> a range of competing estimates has been published giving one side or the other a large share or trying to show equal shares.

Estimates from the Pew Report Islam and Christianity (2010) were 60% Christian and 36% Muslim.<ref name="Pew Africa">{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/files/2010/04/sub-saharan-africa-full-report.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312190819/https://www.pewforum.org/files/2010/04/sub-saharan-africa-full-report.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-12| title=Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa|page=20|access-date=25 April 2018|date=April 2010| publisher=Pew Forum on Religious & Public life}}</ref>

The remainder of the population are [[Hindus]], [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Animism|animists]], and unaffiliated. Most Christians are [[Roman Catholic]], [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], Anglican or Pentecostal, though a number of other churches, as [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventist]], and Eastern Orthodox Christians are also represented in the country. Most Tanzanian Muslims are Sunni Muslims, though there are also populations of [[Ibadi Islam|Ibadi]], [[Shia Islam|Shia]], [[Ahmadiyya|Ahamadiya]], Bohora. Muslims are concentrated in coastal areas and in mainland areas along former caravan trade routes.