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0.9% defined themselves as "someone with no religious conviction" (Atheist). In a 2006 Pew Research Center survey, 69% of Turkey's Muslims said that "religion is very important in their lives". [66] Based on the Gallup Poll 2006–08, Turkey was defined as More religious, in which over 63 percent of people believe religion is important. [67] [68]
Another recent poll by OPTİMAR which interviewed 3,500 people in 26 cities, included a question about belief in God and found that 89.5% of the Turkish population believed in God, 4.5% believed in God but did not belong to an organized religion, 2.7% were agnostic, 1.7% were atheist, and 1.1% did not answer.
In 2011 according to the Pew Research Center, there were more than 200,000-320,000 people of different Christian denominations in Turkey, [33] representing roughly 0.3-0.4 percent of Turkey's population, [5] including an estimated 80,000 population of Oriental Orthodox Christians, [34] 47,000 Turkish Orthodox Christians, [35] [36] 35,000 Roman ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
1 Central Europe. 2 Eastern Europe. ... * Only includes the population of religious affiliation for 15 years old or above. ... Vatican City: 800 800 100.00 0 0.00 0 0 ...
A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2016 found that Muslims make up 4.9% of all of Europe's population. [79] According to a same study conversion does not add significantly to the growth of the Muslim population in Europe, with roughly 160,000 more people leaving Islam than converting into Islam between 2010 and 2016. [79]
Christianity in Europe by city (28 C) Jews and Judaism in Europe by city (54 C, 3 P) + ... Religion in Turkey by city (3 C, 1 P) Religion in Ukraine by city (5 C)
Turkey is home to over 85 million people; [8] most are ethnic Turks, while ethnic Kurds are the largest ethnic minority. [5] Officially a secular state, Turkey has a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya.