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Variables: Total number of Atheists by country and percent of population that are Atheists: Persons who deny the existence of God, gods, or the supernatural. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Atheists)1


% Atheists



NATION

REGION

Atheists
(2020)1 [X]

% Atheists
(2020)1 [X]

Afghanistan South-Central Asia 178 0.00
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 2,930 0.10
Algeria Northern Africa 7,419 0.02
American Samoa Polynesia 6 0.01
Andorra Southern Europe 281 0.36
Angola Middle Africa 53,776 0.16
Anguilla Caribbean 47 0.31
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 118 0.12
Argentina South America 420,780 0.93
Armenia Western Asia 20,825 0.70
Aruba Caribbean 150 0.14
Australia Australia/New Zealand 1,660,293 6.51
Austria Western Europe 164,606 1.83
Azerbaijan Western Asia 5,992 0.06
Bahamas, The Caribbean 610 0.16
Bahrain Western Asia 459 0.03
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 12,757 0.01
Barbados Caribbean 609 0.21
Belarus Eastern Europe 244,334 2.59
Belgium Western Europe 244,557 2.11
Belize Central America 80 0.02
Benin Western Africa 6,201 0.05
Bermuda Northern America 174 0.28
Bhutan South-Central Asia
Bolivia South America 16,686 0.14
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 16,888 0.51
Botswana Southern Africa 152 0.01
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 934,783 0.44
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 36 0.12
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 131 0.03
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 61,405 0.88
Burkina Faso Western Africa 778 0.00
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 21,625 0.04
Burundi Eastern Africa 190 0.00
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 41,697 0.25
Cameroon Middle Africa 52,039 0.20
Canada Northern America 964,765 2.56
Cape Verde Western Africa
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 35 0.13
Cayman Islands Caribbean 254 0.39
Central African Republic Middle Africa 643 0.01
Chad Middle Africa 2,501 0.02
Channel Islands Northern Europe 1,864 1.07
Chile South America 456,455 2.39
China Eastern Asia 100,084,264 6.95
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 126,032 0.25
Comoros Eastern Africa 87 0.01
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 19,480 0.02
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 2,790 0.05
Cook Islands Polynesia 7 0.04
Costa Rica Central America 12,211 0.24
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 2,762 0.01
Croatia Southern Europe 60,354 1.47
Cuba Caribbean 492,705 4.35
Curacao Caribbean 330 0.20
Cyprus Western Asia 8,721 0.72
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 621,570 5.80
Denmark Northern Europe 86,298 1.49
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 371 0.04
Dominica Caribbean 32 0.04
Dominican Republic Caribbean 50,898 0.47
Ecuador South America 26,024 0.15
Egypt Northern Africa 99,454 0.10
El Salvador Central America 7,002 0.11
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 28,128 2.00
Eritrea Eastern Africa 231 0.01
Estonia Northern Europe 57,936 4.37
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 13,816 0.01
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America 34 0.98
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 199 0.02
Finland Northern Europe 107,562 1.94
France Western Europe 2,736,576 4.19
French Guiana South America 1,419 0.48
French Polynesia Polynesia 1,545 0.55
Gabon Middle Africa 577 0.03
Gambia, The Western Africa 109 0.00
Georgia Western Asia 12,872 0.32
Germany Western Europe 2,061,418 2.46
Ghana Western Africa 5,933 0.02
Gibraltar Southern Europe 86 0.26
Greece Southern Europe 34,690 0.33
Greenland Northern America 111 0.20
Grenada Caribbean 15 0.01
Guadeloupe Caribbean 2,778 0.62
Guam Micronesia (region) 118 0.07
Guatemala Central America 74,919 0.42
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 3,464 0.03
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 1,786 0.09
Guyana South America 4,371 0.56
Haiti Caribbean 5,587 0.05
Honduras Central America 20,596 0.21
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 184,831 2.47
Hungary Eastern Europe 407,242 4.22
Iceland Northern Europe 1,287 0.38
India South-Central Asia 2,185,575 0.16
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 303,344 0.11
Iran South-Central Asia 8,666 0.01
Iraq Western Asia 73,325 0.18
Ireland Northern Europe 13,334 0.27
Isle of Man Northern Europe 1,863 2.19
Israel Western Asia 44,774 0.52
Italy Southern Europe 2,136,748 3.53
Jamaica Caribbean 1,531 0.05
Japan Eastern Asia 3,580,990 2.83
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 50,169 0.49
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 125,520 0.67
Kenya Eastern Africa 2,205 0.00
Kiribati Micronesia (region) 4 0.00
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 4,016,422 15.58
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 51,346 0.10
Kosovo Southern Europe 4,008 0.19
Kuwait Western Asia 743 0.02
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 90,253 1.38
Laos South-Eastern Asia 20,937 0.29
Latvia Northern Europe 67,741 3.59
Lebanon Western Asia 54,831 0.80
Lesotho Southern Africa 537 0.03
Liberia Western Africa 642 0.01
Libya Northern Africa 227 0.00
Liechtenstein Western Europe 30 0.08
Lithuania Northern Europe 18,294 0.67
Luxembourg Western Europe 10,013 1.60
Macau Eastern Asia 18,453 2.84
Macedonia Southern Europe 5,652 0.27
Madagascar Eastern Africa 18,101 0.07
Malawi Eastern Africa 325 0.00
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 35,894 0.11
Maldives South-Central Asia 15 0.00
Mali Western Africa 535 0.00
Malta Southern Europe 851 0.19
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 38 0.06
Martinique Caribbean 1,771 0.47
Mauritania Western Africa 330 0.01
Mauritius Eastern Africa 1,541 0.12
Mayotte Eastern Africa 48 0.02
Mexico Central America 137,997 0.11
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 52 0.05
Moldova Eastern Europe 15,715 0.39
Monaco Western Europe 838 2.14
Mongolia Eastern Asia 67,165 2.05
Montenegro Southern Europe 3,873 0.62
Montserrat Caribbean 33 0.66
Morocco Northern Africa 277 0.00
Mozambique Eastern Africa 23,623 0.08
Namibia Southern Africa 567 0.02
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 15,941 0.05
Netherlands Western Europe 446,012 2.60
New Caledonia Melanesia 2,939 1.03
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 63,261 1.31
Nicaragua Central America 3,061 0.05
Niger Western Africa 133 0.00
Nigeria Western Africa 56,860 0.03
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 10 0.02
Norway Northern Europe 32,940 0.61
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 4,559 0.09
Oman Western Asia 255 0.01
Pakistan South-Central Asia 10,382 0.00
Palau Micronesia (region) 2 0.01
Panama Central America 24,350 0.56
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 2,773 0.03
Paraguay South America 15,760 0.22
Peru South America 58,735 0.18
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 219,938 0.20
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 100,505 0.27
Portugal Southern Europe 150,914 1.48
Puerto Rico Caribbean 11,121 0.39
Qatar Western Asia 1,844 0.06
Reunion Eastern Africa 1,250 0.14
Romania Eastern Europe 29,764 0.15
Russia Eastern Europe 986,262 0.68
Rwanda Eastern Africa 35 0.00
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa 6 0.10
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean
Saint Lucia Caribbean 64 0.03
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 49 0.04
Samoa Polynesia 22 0.01
San Marino Southern Europe 618 1.82
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 10,810 0.03
Senegal Western Africa 3,808 0.02
Serbia Southern Europe 33,249 0.50
Seychelles Eastern Africa 136 0.14
Sierra Leone Western Africa 243 0.00
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 8,403 0.14
Sint Maarten Caribbean 83 0.19
Slovakia Eastern Europe 180,767 3.31
Slovenia Southern Europe 50,835 2.45
Solomon Islands Melanesia 314 0.05
Somalia Eastern Africa 954 0.01
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 163,808 0.28
South Sudan Eastern Africa 4,717 0.04
Spain Southern Europe 707,048 1.51
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 16,487 0.08
Sudan Northern Africa 66,592 0.15
Suriname South America 679 0.12
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 276 0.02
Sweden Northern Europe 1,115,526 11.05
Switzerland Western Europe 141,210 1.63
Syria Western Asia 15,808 0.09
Taiwan Eastern Asia 44,536 0.19
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 30,948 0.32
Tanzania Eastern Africa 35,901 0.06
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 35,488 0.05
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia
Togo Western Africa 2,056 0.02
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia 6 0.01
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 595 0.04
Tunisia Northern Africa 3,384 0.03
Turkey Western Asia 59,124 0.07
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 31,755 0.53
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean 16 0.04
Tuvalu Polynesia 45 0.38
Uganda Eastern Africa 18,076 0.04
Ukraine Eastern Europe 964,665 2.21
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 15,036 0.15
United Kingdom Northern Europe 974,471 1.44
United States (General) Northern America 9,621,772 2.91
Uruguay South America 229,312 6.60
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 275,954 0.82
Vanuatu Melanesia 180 0.06
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 61,215 0.22
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 6,233,433 6.40
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 185 0.18
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia 5 0.04
Western Sahara Northern Africa 188 0.03
Yemen Western Asia 3,731 0.01
Zambia Eastern Africa 5,515 0.03
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 23,375 0.16
       


Sources

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

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