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Of the global atheist and non-religious population, 76% live in Asia and the Pacific, while the remainder reside in Europe (12%), North America (5%), Latin America and the Caribbean (4%), sub-Saharan Africa (2%) and the Middle East and North Africa (less than 1%). [10] The prevalence of atheism in Africa and South America typically falls below ...
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 ...
Countries with the greatest proportion of people without religion, including agnostics and atheists, from Irreligion by country (as of 2020): [41] Nonreligious population by country as of 2010 [42] Czech Republic 78.4% North Korea 71.3% Estonia 60.2% Hong Kong 54.7% China 51.8% New Zealand 48.2% [43] South Korea 46.6% Latvia 45.3%
Even as people move away from religion, the desire for spirituality and connectedness remains. That’s where atheist, or humanist, chaplains come in.
Many people are hesitant to identify as atheists because of social stigma they may face, making it hard to pinpoint connections and differences among this group. Why people are reluctant to call ...
plus many repeaters: 2007 23 Finland: 140: plus 431 repeaters; on 1 September 2007, Finland became one of the first countries in the world to broadcast all television signals digitally: 1999 24 Pakistan: 127: 7 state-run channels and 110 privately owned satellite channels: 2008 25 Saudi Arabia: 117: 1997 26 Bangladesh: 115: 2013 27 Switzerland: 115
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]
Yet, 47% of atheists who live in those countries are still formally members of the national churches. [46] In much of East Asia , ritual behavior holds greater salience than belief. [ 4 ] : 31 China has state atheism and is a Leninist religious state, which maintains dominance over all other religions.