What percentage of the world is atheist?
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What percentage of the world is atheist?
According to sociologists Ariela Keysar and Juhem Navarro-Rivera’s review of numerous global studies on atheism, there are 450 to 500 million positive atheists and agnostics worldwide (7% of the world’s population), with China having the most atheists in the world (200 million convinced atheists).
What percentage of the world is non religious?
Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. According to the Pew Research Center’s 2012 global study of 230 countries and territories, 16% of the world’s population is not affiliated with any religion.
What’s the least popular religion?
Adherents in 2020
| Religion | Adherents | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Christianity | 2.382 billion | 31.11% |
| Islam | 1.907 billion | 24.9% |
| Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist | 1.193 billion | 15.58% |
| Hinduism | 1.161 billion | 15.16% |
Which country has the largest atheist population?
China has the largest population in the world. So it’s not a coincidence that has always been one of the countries with the highest population of atheists. In some areas, 90% of the local population are atheists.
What percentage of Americans are atheist?
In summary: Only a little over 3% of Americans say they are atheists, but depending on how you count the number of Americans that do not believe in any god and thus de-facto are atheists is 7%-8%. The number of Americans without ties to any organized religion is even higher at 23%.
What percentage of the world population are atheists?
According to sociologists Ariela Keysar and Juhem Navarro-Rivera’s review of numerous global studies on atheism, there are 450 to 500 million positive atheists and agnostics worldwide (7% of the world’s population), with China having the most atheists in the world (200 million convinced atheists).
What percentage of people in prison are atheists?
According to recent numbers atheists compose significantly less than one percent of the federal prison population. A 2013 report released by the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons shows that 0.07 percent of the federal prison population (approximately 218,000 prisoners) identify as atheist.