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North Africa
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Religions
Second column: All figures in 1000's.
Last column: % of the population |
| Baha'i |
37 |
<0.1% |
| Christianity |
8,790 |
5.2% |
| Islam |
153,000 |
90% |
| Judaism |
10 |
<0.1% |
| Traditional religions |
7,000 |
4.1% |
TOTAL *)
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169,000 |
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*) Calculated for the total population of 169,000,000 in North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia.
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Geographical region normally used for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, the 5 countries lying north of the Sahara, and which has a population with relatively light complexion, contrary to the black peoples dominating south of Sahara.
Inaccurately, the term is sometimes used for the region that makes up the about 20% most northern parts of Africa, which means that Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan is included, i.e. most of Sahara and the areas north of it.
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