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There are two major religions in Eritrea: Christianity (four denominations) and Islam (only the Sunni school).However, the number of adherents is subject to debate. In the 2010 Eritrea Population and Health Survey, conducted by the Eritrean National Statistics Office and the Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies, 61.4% of all survey respondents reported being Christian (56.3% ...
The Saho represent 4% of Eritrea's population. [4] They principally reside in the Debubawi Keyih Bahri Region and the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. Their language is called Saho. They are predominantly Muslim, although a few Christians known as the Irob live in the Debub Region of Eritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
The two main religions followed in Eritrea are Christianity and Islam. However, the number of adherents of each faith is subject to debate. According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2020, 62.9% of the population of Eritrea adhered to Christianity, 36.6% followed Islam, and 0.4% practiced traditional African religions.
The Saho represent 4% of Eritrea's population. [42] They principally reside in the Southern Region and the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. Their language is called Saho. They are predominantly Muslim, although a few Christians known as the Irob live in the Debub Region of Eritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Eritrea has two dominant religions, Christianity and Islam. Eritrea as a country and the Eritrean community are multi-religious; Eritrea has two dominant religions: Christianity and Islam, the various estimates place Christianity (all denominations) as the religion of between 47% and 63% of the population of Eritrea.
Reliable data on religious demography is difficult to obtain because an official nationwide census has not been conducted in decades. U.S. government estimates indicate a population of approximately 30.4 million, with Sunni Muslims comprising 80% of the population, Shia Muslims making up about 19%, and other religious groups comprising less than 1%.
Thus, the Eritrean Church accords a primacy of honor to the Coptic Church. [4] [5] [6] Sources differ on the percentage of Christians in the Eritrean population, with most figures being close to one-half, [7] [8] although some sources report slightly more than 60%. [9] Almost 90% of Eritrean Christians are followers of Oriental Orthodoxy. [8]
Today, the Nara number around 108,000 individuals. [1] They constitute around 1.5% of the population of Eritrea. [2] They are typically agrarian and have settled primarily along the border with Sudan. [4] They are located north of the Kunama, in the western parts of Barka Plains, the Nara constitute about 1.5% of the Eritrean population. [5]