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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:DarkBlue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Uganda" title="Catholic Church in Uganda">Catholicism</a> (36.2%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Blue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Uganda" title="Church of Uganda">Anglicanism</a> (29%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:SkyBlue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Pentecostalism" title="Pentecostalism">Pentecostalism</a> (14.3%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Aqua;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Other <a href="/wiki/Christian_Denomination" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Denomination">Christian</a> (2.2%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Green;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (13.2%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Beige;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">No religion</a> (0.2%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Brown;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Other religions (1.6%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:DarkGrey;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Unclassified (3.3%)</span></li> </ol> </div> <div class="smooth-pie" style="width:200px;height:200px;background:DarkGrey;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Unclassified (3.3%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie25" style="background:DarkBlue;color:#000" title="Catholicism (36.2%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:DarkBlue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.112turn)" title="Catholicism (36.2%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:Blue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.362turn)" title="Anglicanism (29%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:Blue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.402turn)" title="Anglicanism (29%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:SkyBlue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.652turn)" title="Pentecostalism (14.3%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:SkyBlue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.670turn)" title="Pentecostalism (14.3%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.795turn); background:Aqua;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 13.91172711% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Other Christian (2.2%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:Green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.817turn)" title="Islam (13.2%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:Green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.824turn)" title="Islam (13.2%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.949turn); background:Beige;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 1.25670321% 0%, 0 100%)" title="No religion (0.2%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.951turn); background:Brown;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 10.08710109% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Other religions (1.6%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NAMIREMBE_CATHEDRAL._side_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/NAMIREMBE_CATHEDRAL._side_view.jpg/250px-NAMIREMBE_CATHEDRAL._side_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/NAMIREMBE_CATHEDRAL._side_view.jpg/375px-NAMIREMBE_CATHEDRAL._side_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/NAMIREMBE_CATHEDRAL._side_view.jpg/500px-NAMIREMBE_CATHEDRAL._side_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Namirembe_Cathedral" title="Namirembe Cathedral">St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral</a> in the capital <a href="/wiki/Kampala" title="Kampala">Kampala</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> is the predominant <b>religion in Uganda</b>. According to the 2024 census, approximately 82 percent of the population was Christian, while around 13 percent of the population adhered to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, making it the largest minority religion.<sup id="cite_ref-census-2014_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicanism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> are the main <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a> in the country. </p><p>The northern and west Nile regions are dominated by Roman Catholics, and <a href="/wiki/Iganga_District" title="Iganga District">Iganga District</a> in the east of Uganda had the highest percentage of Muslims; <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> are recognized national holidays.<sup id="cite_ref-state2009_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_policy">Government policy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Government policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Uganda Constitution, but religions are expected to be registered with the government and then to secure a five-year license; registered groups are exempt from direct taxation.<sup id="cite_ref-state2022_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_religion">Freedom of religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Freedom of religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, the country was scored 3 out of 4 for religious freedom by <a href="/wiki/Freedom_House" title="Freedom House">Freedom House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="width: 100%; float:bottom; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-size:110%;">Religious affiliation in Uganda<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2002_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2002-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>1991 census </th> <th>2002 census </th> <th>2014 census<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2024 census<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> </td> <td>85.4% </td> <td>85.2% </td> <td>83.3% </td> <td>81.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> </td> <td>44.5% </td> <td>41.9% </td> <td>38.7% </td> <td>36.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Uganda" title="Church of Uganda">Church of Uganda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a>) </td> <td>39.2% </td> <td>35.9% </td> <td>31.6% </td> <td>29.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a> </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-1991census_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1991census-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>4.6% </td> <td>10.9% </td> <td>14.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"><a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh-day Adventist">Seventh-day Adventist</a> </td> <td>1.1% </td> <td>1.5% </td> <td>1.7% </td> <td>2.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"><a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-2014census_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-2014census_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox Christian">Eastern Orthodox Christian</a> </td> <td><0.1% </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; text-indent:30px;">Other <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> </td> <td>0.6% </td> <td>1.2%<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-2014census_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a> </td> <td>10.5% </td> <td>12.1% </td> <td>13.5% </td> <td>13.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional African religion">Traditional</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>1.0% </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-1991census_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1991census-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-2014census_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>None </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-1991census_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1991census-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>0.9% </td> <td>0.2% </td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other non-Christian </td> <td>4.0% </td> <td>1.6%<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>-<sup id="cite_ref-2014census_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1.5% </td> <td>1.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-2014census_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>-<sup id="cite_ref-2014census_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1.4% </td> <td>3.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><b>Notes</b> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1991census-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1991census_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1991census_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1991census_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The 1991 census did not have separate categories for "None" and "Pentecostal" so the 1991 category of "Other Christian" includes "Pentecostal" and the 1991 category "Other non-Christian" includes "<a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>" and "None".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2014census-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2014census_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2014census_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2014census_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2014census_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2014census_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2014census_11-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2014census_11-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The 1991 and 2002 censuses did not have separate categories for "Baptist" and also had separate categories for "Other Christian" and "Other non-Christian" and "<a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>" so the 2014 category of "Other" includes those (minus the Baptists). The census states that "Others" includes those religions with less than .1% of the population and specifically mentions <a href="/wiki/Salvation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvation Army">Salvation Army</a>, Baháʼí, <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%E2%80%99s_Witnesses" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehovah’s Witnesses">Jehovah’s Witnesses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindus</a>, Mammon, <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jews</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">If Pentecostals are merged in to allow better comparison with the 1991 figure for "Other Christians", it is 5.8%.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">If Baháʼí and None are merged in to allow better comparison with the 1991 figure for "Other non-Christians", it is 1.7%</span> </li> </ol></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="width: 100%; float:bottom; font-size:90%;"> <caption style="font-size:110%;">Religious affiliation in Uganda by region<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2002_Vol_II_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2002_Vol_II-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Central Region </th> <th>Eastern Region </th> <th>Northern Region </th> <th>Western Region </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238854847">.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar{position:relative;border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#fff;width:100px;max-width:100%;height:1.5em}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-fill{position:absolute;background-color:#dbdbdb;height:1.5em;width:50%}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-text{position:absolute;width:100%;height:1.5em;text-align:center;color:#000}</style><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 41%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">41.2%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 29%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">29.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 59%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">59.2%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 40%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">40.6%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a>/Protestant </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 30%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">30.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 43%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">43.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 25%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">25.3%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 45%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">45.2%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 5%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">5.9%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 6%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">6.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 3%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">3.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 3%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">3.4%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh-day Adventist">Seventh-day Adventist</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.9%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.5%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 2%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">2.6%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox Christian">Eastern Orthodox Christian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.2%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.2%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.8%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 2%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">2.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.5%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.1%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 18%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">18.4%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 17%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">17.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 8%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">8.5%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 4%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">4.5%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional African religion">Traditional</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.1%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.1%</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 0%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">0.6%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.0%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 1%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">1.3%</div></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238854847" /><div class="percentage-bar" style="width: 100%;"><div class="percentage-bar-fill" style="width: 2%;"></div><div class="percentage-bar-text" style="">2.3%</div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christianity">Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Uganda" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Uganda">Roman Catholicism in Uganda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Uganda" title="Church of Uganda">Church of Uganda</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_Uganda" title="Eastern Orthodoxy in Uganda">Eastern Orthodoxy in Uganda</a></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 203.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 201.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rubaga_Cthedral.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rubaga Cathedral, the seat for the Roman Catholic Church"><img alt="Rubaga Cathedral, the seat for the Roman Catholic Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Rubaga_Cthedral.jpg/302px-Rubaga_Cthedral.jpg" decoding="async" width="202" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Rubaga_Cthedral.jpg/453px-Rubaga_Cthedral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Rubaga_Cthedral.jpg/603px-Rubaga_Cthedral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Rubaga_Cathedral" title="Rubaga Cathedral">Rubaga Cathedral</a>, the seat for the Roman Catholic Church</div> </li> </ul> <p>According to the national census of 2014, Christians of all denominations comprised 85 percent of Uganda's population.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2014_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2014-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Roman Catholic Church had the largest number of adherents (39.3 percent of the total population). The largest Protestant church was the Anglican <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Uganda" title="Church of Uganda">Church of Uganda</a>, a part of the worldwide Anglican communion, at 32 percent. The category of Pentecostal/Evangelical/Born Again made up 11.1% of the population, while Seventh-day Adventists made up 1.7%, Baptists 0.3% and Eastern Orthodox 0.1%.,<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2014_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2014-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although some sources estimate their numbers to more than 3%<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> operate in Uganda under the <a href="/wiki/International_Bible_Students_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="International Bible Students Association">International Bible Students Association</a> name and are working in a total of ten languages, including <a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luganda" title="Luganda">Luganda</a>. Followers of <a href="/wiki/William_M._Branham" title="William M. Branham">William M. Branham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Branhamism" title="Branhamism">Branhamism</a> claim numbers in the tens of thousands, thanks in large part to translation and distribution efforts by Voice of God Recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_Uganda" title="Presbyterian Church in Uganda">Presbyterian Church in Uganda</a> has 100-200 congregations. The <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_in_Uganda" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church in Uganda">Reformed Presbyterian Church in Uganda</a> was a result in a split in the Presbyterian church. </p><p>The United Apostolic Church of Uganda, a <a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a> denomination affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/United_Pentecostal_Church_International" title="United Pentecostal Church International">UPCI</a>, has 424,739 constituents in 654 churches.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> movement has its origins in American mission of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention" title="Southern Baptist Convention">Southern Baptist Convention</a> in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Union_of_Uganda" title="Baptist Union of Uganda">Baptist Union of Uganda</a> was founded in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 1,800 churches and 550,000 members.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Uganda" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Uganda">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> claims more than 14,000 members in 27 congregations in Uganda. They also have two family history centers.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Friends" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Friends">Society of Friends</a> has two <a href="/wiki/Yearly_meeting" class="mw-redirect" title="Yearly meeting">yearly meetings</a>, Uganda Yearly Meeting, part of <a href="/wiki/Friends_United_Meeting" title="Friends United Meeting">Friends United Meeting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Friends_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Friends International">Evangelical Friends Church</a>. There were about 3,000 members between the two in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2015 study estimated some 35,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background residing in the country at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islam">Islam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Uganda" title="Islam in Uganda">Islam in Uganda</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_mosque_in_Uganda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/A_mosque_in_Uganda.jpg/220px-A_mosque_in_Uganda.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/A_mosque_in_Uganda.jpg/330px-A_mosque_in_Uganda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/A_mosque_in_Uganda.jpg/440px-A_mosque_in_Uganda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Kibuli mosque in Kampala, Uganda</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the 2014 National Census, 14 percent of Ugandans adhered to Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census_2014_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2014-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most Muslims are <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-state2022_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a small minority of <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia</a> Muslims. There was a small group of <a href="/wiki/Ahmadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmadi">Ahmadis</a> in the country in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-pew_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pew-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judaism">Judaism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Uganda" title="History of the Jews in Uganda">History of the Jews in Uganda</a></div> <p>There are a small community of Ugandan Jews called the <a href="/wiki/Abayudaya" title="Abayudaya">Abayudaya</a>, numbering some 2,000-3,000.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group was formed by <a href="/wiki/Semei_Kakungulu" title="Semei Kakungulu">Semei Kakungulu</a> in the early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Ben_Abraham_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ben_Abraham-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indigenous_beliefs">Indigenous beliefs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Indigenous beliefs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>About 1 percent of Uganda's population follow <a href="/wiki/African_traditional_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="African traditional religion">traditional religions</a> only; however, in 2009, more people practiced traditional religious practices along with other religions such as Christianity or Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-state2009_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One survey in 2010 showed that about 27 percent of Ugandans believe that sacrifices to ancestors or spirits can protect them from harm.<sup id="cite_ref-pewexecutive_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pewexecutive-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interfaith">Interfaith</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Interfaith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Uganda has received media attention for interfaith efforts in <a href="/wiki/Mbale" title="Mbale">Mbale</a>. Founded by JJ Keki, the <a href="/wiki/Mirembe_Kawomera" title="Mirembe Kawomera">Mirembe Kawomera</a> (Delicious Peace) Fair Trade Coffee Cooperative brings together Muslim, Jewish, and Christian coffee farmers. Members of the cooperative use music to spread their message of peace. The <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Folkways" title="Smithsonian Folkways">Smithsonian Folkways</a> album "Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music & Interfaith Harmony in Uganda" features songs from members of the cooperative about their interfaith message.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hinduism">Hinduism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hinduism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jinjia_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Jinjia_Temple.jpg/150px-Jinjia_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Jinjia_Temple.jpg/225px-Jinjia_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Jinjia_Temple.jpg/300px-Jinjia_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1232" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption>A temple in <a href="/wiki/Jinja,_Uganda" title="Jinja, Uganda">Jinja</a>.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Uganda" title="Hinduism in Uganda">Hinduism in Uganda</a></div> <p>The 2014 Census found that there were 13,905 Hindus, making up less than 0.1% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-census-2014_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baháʼí_Faith"><span id="Bah.C3.A1.CA.BC.C3.AD_Faith"></span>Baháʼí Faith</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Baháʼí Faith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Uganda" title="Baháʼí Faith in Uganda">Baháʼí Faith in Uganda</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Africa%27s_Bahai_temple_in_Kampala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Africa%27s_Bahai_temple_in_Kampala.jpg/100px-Africa%27s_Bahai_temple_in_Kampala.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Africa%27s_Bahai_temple_in_Kampala.jpg/150px-Africa%27s_Bahai_temple_in_Kampala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Africa%27s_Bahai_temple_in_Kampala.jpg/200px-Africa%27s_Bahai_temple_in_Kampala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>a <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_House_of_Worship" title="Baháʼí House of Worship">Baháʼí House of Worship</a> in Kampala</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> in Uganda started to grow in 1951 and in four years time there were 500 Baháʼís in 80 localities, including 13 Baháʼí <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_Assembly#Local_Spiritual_Assemblies" title="Spiritual Assembly">Local Spiritual Assemblies</a>, representing 30 tribes, and had dispatched 9 <a href="/wiki/Pioneering_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pioneering (Baháʼí)">Baháʼí pioneers</a> to other African locations.<sup id="cite_ref-africa_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-africa-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the reign of Idi Amin when the Baháʼí Faith was banned and the murder of Baháʼí <a href="/wiki/Hand_of_the_Cause" class="mw-redirect" title="Hand of the Cause">Hand of the Cause</a> <a href="/wiki/Enoch_Olinga" title="Enoch Olinga">Enoch Olinga</a> and his family,<sup id="cite_ref-enoch_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enoch-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the community continues to grow though estimates of the population range widely from 19,000 to 105,000 and the community's involvements have included diverse efforts to promote the welfare of the Ugandan people. One of only ten <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_House_of_Worship" title="Baháʼí House of Worship">Baháʼí Houses of Worship</a> in the world, known as the Mother Temple of Africa, is located on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Kampala" title="Kampala">Kampala</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buddhism">Buddhism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Buddhism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Uganda_Buddhist_Centre" title="The Uganda Buddhist Centre">The Uganda Buddhist Centre</a>, founded in 2005 by Venerable Buddharakkhita, is an initiative that intends to provide the first stable source of Buddhism in Uganda.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="No_religion">No religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Uganda&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: No religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_Uganda" title="Irreligion in Uganda">Irreligion in Uganda</a></div> <p>Only 0.2 percent of Ugandans claim no religion. 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