Yoruba is an ethnic group of people living in Africa. They live on the west coast of Africa, mostly Nigeria and Ghana.
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ca. 38 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nigeria 35 million (2012)[1] | |
 Benin | 1.2 million (2012)[2] |
 Ghana | 0.4 million[3] |
 Togo | 0.1 million[3] |
 Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1 million[3] |
| North America | 0.2 million[4] |
| Europe | 0.1 million[5] |
| Languages | |
| Yoruba, Yoruboid languages | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (ca. 50%),[6] Christianity, traditional religion. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bini, Nupe, Igala, Itsekiri, Ebira | |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Nigeria at CIA World Factbook: "Yoruba 21%" out of a population of 170.1 million (2012 estimate)
- ↑ Benin at CIA World Factbook: "Yoruba and related 12.3%" out of a population of 9.6 million (2012 estimate)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Joshuaproject.net "The exactness of numbers presented here can be misleading. Numbers can vary by several percentage points or more."
- ↑ mostly in the United States; Joshuaproject.net estimates 186,000 in the US. About 3,000 in Canada: "Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories". bottom: Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-04.. In Canada, 19,520 identified as Nigerian and 61,430 as Canadians.
- ↑ Mostly in the UK ( Joshuaproject.net estimates 94,000), about 6,000 in Greece.
- ↑ "Nigeria Human Rights Report - Freedom of Religion". bottom. "Many southern ethnic groups were predominantly Christian, although the Yoruba were approximately 50 percent Muslim."
