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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 alone accounting for 200 million of that demographic as of 2013. [6]
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.
According to reports from the WIN/Gallup International's (WIN/GIA) four global polls: in 2005, 77% were a religious person and 4% were "convinced atheists"; in 2012, 23% were not a religious person and 13% were "convinced atheists"; [2] in 2015, 22% were not a religious person and 11% were "convinced atheists"; [3] and in 2017, 25% were not a ...
James Callaghan: Welsh Labour Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979, Callaghan was an atheist since his teenage years according to multiple biographers and friends who knew him at the time. [172] Keir Starmer (1962–): Leader of the Labour Party (UK) and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024. [178] [172]
According to the 2014 General Sociological Survey, the number of atheists and agnostics in the U.S. grew over the previous 23 years. In 1991, only 2% identified as atheist, and 4% identified as agnostic; while in 2014, 3.1% identified as atheists, and 5% identified as agnostics. [8]
Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2023. List of countries by number of deaths
[19] [20]: 25 A 2012 WIN/Gallup International report on a poll from 57 countries reported that 59% of the world's population identified as a religious person, 23% as not a religious person, 13% as "convinced atheists", and also a 9% decrease in identification as "religious" when compared to the 2005 average from 39 countries. [52]
When asked, around a third (24%-34% in different years) answered they were "not religious", and another 8% as atheist. [46] Many of these identify/affiliate themselves with established religious groups and most believe in God. [45] [47] In one survey, 88% considered themselves as at least moderately spiritual. [44]