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Christianity in Mauritania
Christianity is a small minority religion in Mauritania. In 2020, the estimated Christian population amount was only 0.23% of the population.[1] There are between 10,000 and 11,000 Christians in Mauritania in 2023, mostly foreign expatriates.[2][3] All of the roughly 4,000 Catholics in Mauritania are within the country's only diocese, the Diocese of Nouakchott. In 2020, there were 11 priests and 34 nuns serving 5 parishes.[4] There are several expatriate African churches in Mauritania, though there are no more than 200 Protestants in the country, including foreigners. In spite of a strict law against evangelization, the Mauritanian Christian community has allegedly grown and there were estimated to be 400-1,000 ethnic Mauritanian Christians in 2010.[5] For a short period of eight months the Miracle Channel, a Norwegian/Swedish Christian channel, broadcast clandestine Christian gatherings in the Mauritanian desert containing over 160 people.[6] IssuesThe distribution of Christian literature and the evangelizing of non-Muslims are prohibited by law. Bibles are rarely printed or distributed and are difficult to bring into the country.[7] In 2023, the country was ranked as the 20th worst place in the world to be a Christian.[8] See alsoReferences
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