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Variables: Total number of Non-Religious by country and percent of population that are Non-Religious: Term encompassing both (a) agnostics; and (b) atheists. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Non-Religious)1


% Non-Religious



NATION

REGION

Non-Religious
(2020)1 [X]

% Non-Religious
(2020)1 [X]

Afghanistan South-Central Asia 3,292 0.01
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 72,514 2.52
Algeria Northern Africa 555,245 1.27
American Samoa Polynesia 484 0.88
Andorra Southern Europe 5,285 6.84
Angola Middle Africa 301,292 0.92
Anguilla Caribbean 551 3.67
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 1,835 1.87
Argentina South America 3,551,567 7.86
Armenia Western Asia 105,717 3.57
Aruba Caribbean 2,013 1.89
Australia Australia/New Zealand 8,112,848 31.82
Austria Western Europe 2,103,095 23.35
Azerbaijan Western Asia 132,055 1.30
Bahamas, The Caribbean 17,480 4.45
Bahrain Western Asia 7,622 0.45
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 130,414 0.08
Barbados Caribbean 5,589 1.94
Belarus Eastern Europe 2,062,264 21.82
Belgium Western Europe 3,246,118 28.01
Belize Central America 2,382 0.60
Benin Western Africa 29,577 0.24
Bermuda Northern America 3,863 6.20
Bhutan South-Central Asia 208 0.03
Bolivia South America 238,465 2.04
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 105,029 3.20
Botswana Southern Africa 3,839 0.16
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 6,436,639 3.03
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 2,071 6.85
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 5,146 1.18
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 249,350 3.59
Burkina Faso Western Africa 112,186 0.54
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 263,720 0.48
Burundi Eastern Africa 7,241 0.06
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 416,068 2.49
Cameroon Middle Africa 208,929 0.79
Canada Northern America 9,620,641 25.49
Cape Verde Western Africa 5,433 0.98
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 1,073 4.09
Cayman Islands Caribbean 3,941 6.00
Central African Republic Middle Africa 33,577 0.70
Chad Middle Africa 18,048 0.11
Channel Islands Northern Europe 24,702 14.21
Chile South America 2,009,793 10.51
China Eastern Asia 574,478,084 39.91
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 1,380,466 2.71
Comoros Eastern Africa 1,150 0.13
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 400,557 0.45
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 163,654 2.97
Cook Islands Polynesia 468 2.66
Costa Rica Central America 174,053 3.42
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 96,727 0.37
Croatia Southern Europe 177,524 4.32
Cuba Caribbean 2,447,632 21.61
Curacao Caribbean 6,085 3.71
Cyprus Western Asia 54,208 4.49
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 6,883,247 64.28
Denmark Northern Europe 741,769 12.81
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 10,881 1.10
Dominica Caribbean 384 0.53
Dominican Republic Caribbean 290,744 2.68
Ecuador South America 594,883 3.37
Egypt Northern Africa 688,643 0.67
El Salvador Central America 166,791 2.57
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 77,023 5.49
Eritrea Eastern Africa 37,633 1.06
Estonia Northern Europe 824,787 62.18
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 112,302 0.10
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America 421 12.09
Faroe Islands Northern Europe 815 1.67
Fiji Melanesia 9,406 1.05
Finland Northern Europe 1,056,535 19.07
France Western Europe 15,536,495 23.80
French Guiana South America 10,178 3.41
French Polynesia Polynesia 14,200 5.06
Gabon Middle Africa 27,819 1.25
Gambia, The Western Africa 13,820 0.57
Georgia Western Asia 119,612 3.00
Germany Western Europe 21,616,402 25.80
Ghana Western Africa 97,989 0.32
Gibraltar Southern Europe 878 2.61
Greece Southern Europe 436,262 4.19
Greenland Northern America 1,507 2.65
Grenada Caribbean 1,076 0.96
Guadeloupe Caribbean 11,111 2.48
Guam Micronesia (region) 3,094 1.83
Guatemala Central America 244,802 1.37
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 21,497 0.16
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 23,419 1.19
Guyana South America 16,610 2.11
Haiti Caribbean 313,143 2.75
Honduras Central America 202,493 2.04
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 1,677,414 22.37
Hungary Eastern Europe 1,144,877 11.85
Iceland Northern Europe 17,025 4.99
India South-Central Asia 18,530,458 1.34
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 3,932,676 1.44
Iran South-Central Asia 247,182 0.29
Iraq Western Asia 265,897 0.66
Ireland Northern Europe 308,741 6.25
Isle of Man Northern Europe 13,102 15.41
Israel Western Asia 439,056 5.07
Italy Southern Europe 10,252,025 16.96
Jamaica Caribbean 123,384 4.17
Japan Eastern Asia 16,460,649 13.01
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 302,616 2.97
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 878,309 4.68
Kenya Eastern Africa 52,296 0.10
Kiribati Micronesia (region) 843 0.71
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 18,784,687 72.87
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 817,805 1.60
Kosovo Southern Europe 18,817 0.90
Kuwait Western Asia 37,967 0.89
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 482,755 7.40
Laos South-Eastern Asia 82,899 1.14
Latvia Northern Europe 342,916 18.18
Lebanon Western Asia 239,128 3.50
Lesotho Southern Africa 5,574 0.26
Liberia Western Africa 80,260 1.59
Libya Northern Africa 3,394 0.05
Liechtenstein Western Europe 1,830 4.80
Lithuania Northern Europe 288,695 10.60
Luxembourg Western Europe 133,267 21.29
Macau Eastern Asia 102,825 15.84
Macedonia Southern Europe 68,520 3.29
Madagascar Eastern Africa 95,239 0.34
Malawi Eastern Africa 50,940 0.27
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 155,142 0.48
Maldives South-Central Asia 309 0.06
Mali Western Africa 25,455 0.13
Malta Southern Europe 8,359 1.89
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 887 1.50
Martinique Caribbean 10,262 2.73
Mauritania Western Africa 4,952 0.11
Mauritius Eastern Africa 25,484 2.00
Mayotte Eastern Africa 490 0.18
Mexico Central America 3,908,868 3.03
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 1,017 0.88
Moldova Eastern Europe 90,646 2.25
Monaco Western Europe 4,903 12.49
Mongolia Eastern Asia 525,509 16.03
Montenegro Southern Europe 22,230 3.54
Montserrat Caribbean 343 6.86
Morocco Northern Africa 48,275 0.13
Mozambique Eastern Africa 135,585 0.43
Namibia Southern Africa 58,165 2.29
Nauru Micronesia (region) 454 4.19
Nepal South-Central Asia 99,813 0.34
Netherlands Western Europe 5,982,406 34.91
New Caledonia Melanesia 30,045 10.52
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 1,770,732 36.72
Nicaragua Central America 173,059 2.61
Niger Western Africa 14,026 0.06
Nigeria Western Africa 578,046 0.28
Niue Polynesia 41 2.53
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 633 1.10
Norway Northern Europe 376,915 6.95
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 268,859 5.27
Oman Western Asia 7,897 0.15
Pakistan South-Central Asia 187,030 0.08
Palau Micronesia (region) 521 2.88
Panama Central America 188,198 4.36
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 61,442 0.69
Paraguay South America 141,162 1.98
Peru South America 455,201 1.38
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 1,046,366 0.95
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 1,603,138 4.24
Portugal Southern Europe 811,501 7.96
Puerto Rico Caribbean 90,722 3.17
Qatar Western Asia 64,519 2.24
Reunion Eastern Africa 18,686 2.09
Romania Eastern Europe 187,682 0.98
Russia Eastern Europe 6,995,798 4.79
Rwanda Eastern Africa 26,129 0.20
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa 206 3.39
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 847 1.59
Saint Lucia Caribbean 752 0.41
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America 226 3.90
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 2,808 2.53
Samoa Polynesia 1,243 0.63
San Marino Southern Europe 2,564 7.56
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa 2,911 1.33
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 241,847 0.69
Senegal Western Africa 28,134 0.17
Serbia Southern Europe 230,586 3.47
Seychelles Eastern Africa 2,339 2.38
Sierra Leone Western Africa 97,807 1.23
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 279,345 4.77
Sint Maarten Caribbean 1,304 3.04
Slovakia Eastern Europe 839,025 15.37
Slovenia Southern Europe 266,962 12.84
Solomon Islands Melanesia 2,046 0.30
Somalia Eastern Africa 2,562 0.02
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 3,357,797 5.66
South Sudan Eastern Africa 49,286 0.44
Spain Southern Europe 4,802,584 10.27
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 120,584 0.56
Sudan Northern Africa 459,449 1.05
Suriname South America 27,971 4.77
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 13,806 1.19
Sweden Northern Europe 3,291,986 32.60
Switzerland Western Europe 1,480,590 17.11
Syria Western Asia 346,521 1.98
Taiwan Eastern Asia 1,061,750 4.46
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 159,738 1.67
Tanzania Eastern Africa 212,791 0.36
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 1,256,832 1.80
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 6,289 0.48
Togo Western Africa 19,200 0.23
Tokelau Polynesia 13 0.96
Tonga Polynesia 457 0.43
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 32,495 2.32
Tunisia Northern Africa 31,550 0.27
Turkey Western Asia 915,333 1.09
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 178,754 2.96
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean 2,103 5.43
Tuvalu Polynesia 391 3.32
Uganda Eastern Africa 196,103 0.43
Ukraine Eastern Europe 5,926,508 13.55
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 124,791 1.26
United Kingdom Northern Europe 15,819,182 23.30
United States (General) Northern America 65,115,186 19.67
Uruguay South America 1,229,278 35.39
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 1,302,315 3.89
Vanuatu Melanesia 1,258 0.41
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 1,268,623 4.46
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 18,310,500 18.81
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 4,210 4.03
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia 73 0.65
Western Sahara Northern Africa 1,511 0.25
Yemen Western Asia 18,245 0.06
Zambia Eastern Africa 33,698 0.18
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 173,694 1.17
       


Sources

1 Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds. World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2022).

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