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[[File:Notre dame de la paix yamoussoukro by felix krohn.jpg|thumbnail|300px|[[Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (Yamoussoukro)|Basilica of our Lady of Peace]] in [[Yamoussoukro]]; one of the largest [[Christianity|Christian]] places of worship in the world.]]
[[File:IslamcultCI.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Central [[mosque]] in [[Marcory]].]]
'''Religion in [[Ivory Coast]]''' is diverse. Adherents of [[Christianity]] (mainly [[Catholic Church in Ivory Coast|Catholic]] and [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]]) represented 44% of the total population in 2020, while followers of [[Islam]] (mainly [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]) represented 37.2% of the population. In addition 8.1% of Ivorians claimed to be [[irreligious]], and 10.5% reported following [[traditional African religion]]s.<ref>http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/ivory-coast/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2020</ref><ref name="ciaFB">{{cite web|title=Cote d'Ivoire|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cote-divoire/|website=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|publisher=United States Government|access-date=6 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>
[[Christianity]] is practiced in a variety of forms throughout the country though mostly in the south,<ref name="ciaFB">{{cite web|title=Cote d'Ivoire|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cote-divoire/|website=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|publisher=United States Government|access-date=6 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> as different social and spiritual problems bring forth a variety of responses. Islam has been practiced in the far north for roughly seven centuries, shifting its appeal over this time from its strength as a world religion and its basis in written testaments to its symbolic importance as an alternative to European religions. Christian missionaries arrived at the coast in the seventeenth century but did not win converts in large numbers until the nineteenth century. Christianity's appeal was strongest among educated Africans and those who sought advancement through European contact.
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