Religion in South Africa
Census Information
The Census 2001 provided the most recent national statistics for religious denominations. The Census 2011 form did not include any questions about religion due to low priority.

Religion in South Africa

Section Title: Census Information
Table Section Text: The Census 2001 provided the most recent national statistics for religious denominations. The Census 2011 form did not include any questions about religion due to low priority.

Religion	Denomination	1996	2001	Change in %

Adherents	%	Adherents	%

Christian	Subtotal	30,051,008	75.5	35,765,251	79.8

Dutch Reformed churches	3,527,075	8.9	3,005,698	6.7

Zion Christian churches	3,867,798	9.7	4,971,932	11.1

Catholic churches	3,426,525	8.6	3,181,336	7.1

Methodist churches	2,808,649	7.1	3,305,404	7.4

Pentecostal/Charismatic churches	2,204,171	5.5	3,422,749	7.6

Anglican churches	1,600,001	4.0	1,722,076	3.8

Apostolic Faith Mission	1,124,066	2.8	246,190	0.5

Lutheran churches	1,051,193	2.6	1,130,987	2.5

Presbyterian churches	726,936	1.8	832,495	1.9

iBandla lamaNazaretha	454,760	1.1	248,824	0.6

Baptist churches	439,680	1.1	691,237	1.5

Congregational churches	429,868	1.1	508,825	1.1

Orthodox churches	33,665	0.1	42,251	0.1

Other Apostolic churches	3,517,059	8.8	5,609,070	12.5

Other Zionist churches	2,159,257	5.4	1,887,147	4.2

Ethiopian type churches	800,897	2.0	880,414	2.0

Other Reformed churches	386,456	1.0	226,495	0.5

Other African independent churches	229,038	0.6	656,644	1.5

Other Christian churches	1,263,914	3.2	3,195,477	7.1

Non-Christian	Subtotal	1,369,986	3.4	1,676,391	3.7

Other non-Christian religions	193,830	0.5	269,200	0.6

Islam	553,585	1.4	654,064	1.5

Hinduism	537,428	1.4	551,669	1.2

African Traditional Religion	17,085	0.0	125,903	0.3

Judaism	68,058	0.2	75,555	0.2

No religion/not stated	Subtotal	8,385,603	21.1	7,378,137	16.5

No religion	4,638,897	11.7	6,767,165	15.1

Not stated	3,746,706	9.4	610,971	1.4

Total	39,806,597	100	44,819,778	100

Sentence(s)

According to the 2001 census, 551,669 of the South African population are Hindus.

final_sentence: According to the 2001 census, 551,669 of the South African population are Hindus.