Irreligion by country

World nonreligious population by percentage, Dentsu Institute (2006) and Zuckerman (2005)¹

Irreligion (encompassing atheism, agnosticism, ignosticism, antireligion, skepticism, freethought, antitheism, apatheism, non-belief, secular humanism, or deism) varies in the different countries around the world.

Sixteen percent of the world population (1.1 billion people) are considered non-religious.²

By proportion

The Gallup poll has the most broad definition of irreligion: the question "Is religion an important part of your daily life?" was asked; the "no" answer is represented below. Dentsu Communication Institute provides data for respondents who stated they have "no religion". Phil Zuckerman uses the number who describe themselves as atheist or agnostic. The numbers come from different years, and might not be accurate for countries with governments that require or urge religion or secularism.

Country	Gallup³ (2006–2011)	Dentsu⁴ (2006)	Zuckerman⁵ (2005)
001 ! Afghanistan	3%	051 !	068 !
002 ! Albania	53%	052 !	010 !8%
003 ! Algeria	9%	053 !	069 !
004 ! Angola	10%	054 !	070 !
005 ! Argentina	30%	022 !13%	003 !4–8%
006 ! Armenia	18%	055 !	038 !34%
007 ! Australia (details)	67%	056 !	030 !24–25%
008 ! Austria	51%	020 !12%	024 !18–26%
009 ! Azerbaijan	54%	057 !	071 !
010 ! Bahrain	10%	058 !	072 !
011 ! Bangladesh	12%	059 !	073 !
012 ! Belarus	50%	044 !48%	022 !17%
013 ! Belgium (details)	68%	037 !35%	042 !42–43%
014 ! Belize	33%	060 !	074 !
015 ! Benin	6%	061 !	075 !
016 ! Bolivia	13%	062 !	076 !
017 ! Bosnia and Herzegovina	38%	063 !	077 !
018 ! Botswana	16%	064 !	078 !
019 ! Brazil	10%	065 !	079 !
020 ! Bulgaria	58%	033 !30%	037 !34–40%
021 ! Burkina Faso	6%	066 !	080 !
022 ! Burundi	2%	067 !	081 !
023 ! Cambodia	3%	068 !	082 !
024 ! Cameroon	6%	069 !	083 !
025 ! Canada (details)	61%	031 !26%	025 !19–30%
026 ! Central African Republic	1%	070 !	084 !
027 ! Chad	7%	071 !	085 !
028 ! Chile	27%	036 !34%	067 !
029 ! China	82%	050 !93%	009 !8–14%
030 ! Colombia	13%	072 !	086 !
031 ! Comoros	1%	073 !	087 !
032 ! Democratic Republic of the Congo	5%	074 !	088 !
033 ! Republic of the Congo	6%	075 !	089 !
034 ! Costa Rica	17%	076 !	090 !
035 ! Côte d'Ivoire	12%	077 !	091 !
036 ! Croatia	29%	023 !13%	005 !7%
037 ! Cuba	64%	078 !	006 !7%
038 ! Cyprus	26%	079 !	092 !
039 ! Czech Republic	72%	048 !64%	047 !54–61%
040 ! Denmark	83%	015 !10%	043 !43–80%
041 ! Djibouti	3%	080 !	093 !
042 ! Dominican Republic	14%	081 !	007 !7%
043 ! Ecuador	2%	082 !	094 !
044 ! Egypt	4%	083 !	095 !
045 ! El Salvador	13%	084 !	096 !
046 ! Estonia	78%	049 !76%	046 !49%
047 ! Ethiopia	10%	085 !	097 !
048 ! Finland	69%	021 !12%	032 !28–60%
049 ! France (details)	74%	041 !43%	044 !43–54%
050 ! Georgia	15%	086 !	098 !
051 ! Germany	62%	029 !25%	041 !41–49%
052 ! Ghana	4%	087 !	099 !
053 ! Greece	24%	008 !4%	020 !16%
054 ! Guatemala	10%	088 !	100 !
055 ! Guinea	2%	089 !	101 !
056 ! Guyana	11%	090 !	102 !
057 ! Haiti	8%	091 !	103 !
058 ! Honduras	13%	092 !	104 !
059 ! Hong Kong	74%	093 !	105 !
060 ! Hungary	63%	042 !43%	036 !32–46%
061 ! Iceland	60%	009 !4%	021 !16–23%
062 ! India (details)	9%	013 !7%	060 !
063 ! Indonesia	1%	094 !	106 !
064 ! Iran	8%	001 !1%	050 !
065 ! Iraq	15%	095 !	107 !
066 ! Ireland	49%	014 !7%	061 !
067 ! Israel	54%	096 !	018 !15–37%
068 ! Italy	30%	025 !18%	004 !6–15%
069 ! Jamaica	29%	097 !	108 !
070 ! Japan	71%	046 !52%	048 !64–65%
071 ! Jordan	4%	098 !	109 !
072 ! Kazakhstan	45%	099 !	013 !11–12%
073 ! Kenya	3%	100 !	110 !
074 ! Kosovo	9%	101 !	111 !
075 ! Kuwait	2%	102 !	112 !
076 ! Kyrgyzstan	36%	103 !	008 !7%
077 ! Laos	3%	104 !	113 !
078 ! Latvia	58%	039 !41%	026 !20–29%
079 ! Lebanon	13%	105 !	114 !
080 ! Liberia	7%	106 !	115 !
081 ! Libya	12%	107 !	116 !
082 ! Lithuania	52%	026 !19%	015 !13%
083 ! Luxembourg	64%	034 !30%	066 !
084 ! Macedonia	23%	108 !	117 !
085 ! Madagascar	7%	109 !	118 !
086 ! Malawi	1%	110 !	119 !
087 ! Malaysia	10%	111 !	120 !
088 ! Mali	3%	112 !	121 !
089 ! Malta	14%	002 !1%	051 !
090 ! Mauritania	2%	113 !	122 !
091 ! Mexico (details)	44%	010 !4%	057 !
092 ! Moldova	21%	114 !	123 !
093 ! Mongolia	50%	115 !	011 !9%
094 ! Montenegro	38%	116 !	124 !
095 ! Morocco	6%	117 !	125 !
096 ! Mozambique	13%	118 !	126 !
097 ! Myanmar	3%	119 !	127 !
098 ! Namibia	8%	120 !	128 !
099 ! Nepal	5%	121 !	129 !
100 ! Netherlands	65%	047 !55%	040 !39–44%
101 ! New Zealand (details)	67%	122 !	028 !20–22%
102 ! Nicaragua	19%	123 !	130 !
103 ! Niger	2%	124 !	131 !
104 ! Nigeria	2%	003 !1%	052 !
105 ! North Korea		125 !	019 !15%
106 ! Norway	78%	126 !	034 !31–72%
107 ! Pakistan	4%	127 !	132 !
108 ! Palestinian territories	5%	128 !	133 !
109 ! Panama	11%	129 !	134 !
110 ! Paraguay	10%	130 !	135 !
111 ! Peru	15%	011 !5%	058 !
112 ! Philippines	6%	016 !11%	062 !
113 ! Poland	24%	012 !5%	059 !
114 ! Portugal	33%	017 !11%	002 !4–9%
115 ! Puerto Rico	13%	018 !11%	063 !
116 ! Qatar	4%	131 !	136 !
117 ! Romania	17%	005 !2%	054 !
118 ! Russia	59%	045 !48%	029 !24–48%
119 ! Rwanda	5%	132 !	137 !
120 ! Saudi Arabia	4%	133 !	138 !
121 ! Senegal	3%	134 !	139 !
122 ! Serbia	45%	135 !	140 !
123 ! Sierra Leone	1%	136 !	141 !
124 ! Singapore (details)	53%	137 !	016 !13%
125 ! Slovakia	45%	028 !23%	012 !10–28%
126 ! Slovenia	51%	035 !30%	039 !35–38%
127 ! South Africa	20%	019 !11%	064 !
128 ! South Korea	52%	038 !37%	033 !30–52%
129 ! Spain	55%	024 !16%	017 !15–24%
130 ! Sri Lanka (details)	2%	138 !	142 !
131 ! Sudan	9%	139 !	143 !
132 ! Sweden	88%	030 !25%	045 !46–85%
133 ! Switzerland	57%	140 !	023 !17–27%
134 ! Syria	15%	141 !	144 !
135 ! Taiwan	45%	142 !	031 !24%
136 ! Tajikistan	11%	143 !	145 !
137 ! Tanzania	5%	006 !2%	055 !
138 ! Thailand	2%	144 !	146 !
139 ! Togo	13%	145 !	147 !
140 ! Trinidad and Tobago	8%	146 !	148 !
141 ! Tunisia	7%	147 !	149 !
142 ! Turkey	13%	007 !3%	056 !
143 ! Turkmenistan	18%	148 !	150 !
144 ! Uganda	5%	004 !1%	053 !
145 ! Ukraine	46%	040 !42%	027 !20%
146 ! United Arab Emirates	4%	149 !	151 !
147 ! United Kingdom (details)	76%	150 !	035 !31–44%
148 ! United States (details)	36%	027 !20%	001 !3–9%
149 ! Uruguay	64%	151 !	014 !12%
150 ! Uzbekistan	39%	152 !	152 !
151 ! Venezuela	19%	032 !27%	065 !
152 ! Vietnam	44%	043 !46%	049 !81%
153 ! Yemen	1%	153 !	153 !
154 ! Zambia	5%	154 !	154 !
155 ! Zimbabwe	9%	155 !	155 !

By population

Countries with the greatest number of people without religion (including agnostics and atheists) based on the total population of each country as of 2004 compared to the percentage of nonreligious people according to Zuckerman:⁶

Country	People without religion
010 ! China	001 !103,907,840 - 181,838,720
026 ! Japan	002 !81,493,120 - 82,766,450
050 ! Vietnam	003 !66,978,900
037 ! Russia	004 !34,507,680 - 69,015,360
020 ! Germany	005 !33,794,250 - 40,388,250
019 ! France	006 !25,982,320 - 32,628,960
047 ! United Kingdom	007 !18,684,010 - 26,519,240
041 ! South Korea	008 !14,579,400 - 25,270,960
046 ! Ukraine	009 !9,546,400
048 ! United States	010 !8,790,840 - 26,822,520
032 ! Netherlands	011 !6,364,020 - 7,179,920
009 ! Canada	012 !6,176,520 - 9,752,400
042 ! Spain	013 !6,042,150 - 9,667,440
045 ! Taiwan	014 !5,460,000
013 ! Czech Republic	015 !5,328,940 - 6,250,121
004 ! Australia	016 !4,779,120 - 4,978,250
007 ! Belgium	017 !4,346,160 - 4,449,640
043 ! Sweden	018 !4,133,560 - 7,638,100
025 ! Italy	019 !3,483,420 - 8,708,550
034 ! North Korea	020 !3,404,700
022 ! Hungary	021 !3,210,240 - 4,614,720
008 ! Bulgaria	022 !2,556,120 - 3,007,200
014 ! Denmark	023 !2,327,590 - 4,330,400
006 ! Belarus	024 !1,752,870
021 ! Greece	025 !1,703,680
027 ! Kazakhstan	026 !1,665,840 - 1,817,280
002 ! Argentina	027 !1,565,800 - 3,131,600
005 ! Austria	028 !1,471,500 - 2,125,500
018 ! Finland	029 !1,460,200 - 3,129,000
035 ! Norway	030 !1,418,250 - 3,294,000
044 ! Switzerland	031 !1,266,670 - 2,011,770
024 ! Israel	032 !929,850 - 2,293,630
033 ! New Zealand	033 !798,800 - 878,680
012 ! Cuba	034 !791,630
040 ! Slovenia	035 !703,850 - 764,180
016 ! Estonia	036 !657,580
015 ! Dominican Republic	037 !618,380
038 ! Singapore	038 !566,020
039 ! Slovakia	039 !542,400 - 1,518,720
030 ! Lithuania	040 !469,040
029 ! Latvia	041 !461,200 - 668,740
036 ! Portugal	042 !420,960 - 947,160
003 ! Armenia	043 !418,740
049 ! Uruguay	044 !407,880
028 ! Kyrgyzstan	045 !355,670
011 ! Croatia	046 !314,790
001 ! Albania	047 !283,600
031 ! Mongolia	048 !247,590
017 ! Estonia	049 !147,620
023 ! Iceland	050 !47,040 - 67,620

References

^ Based on the data of the Dentsu Communication Institute and the data of Zuckerman. Largest values taken.
^ Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents adherents.com
^ GALLUP WorldView - data accessed on 14 September 2011
^ Dentsu Communication Institute 電通総研・日本リサーチセンター編「世界60カ国価値観データブック (Japanese)
^ Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns", from the Cambridge Companion to Atheism, edited by Michael Martin, University of Cambridge Press, 2007
^ Zuckerman, Phil (2006), Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns", The Cambridge Companion to Atheism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), http://atheism.110mb.com/ Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns

[0] Based on the data of the Dentsu Communication Institute and the data of Zuckerman. Largest values taken.

[1] Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents adherents.com

[2] GALLUP WorldView - data accessed on 14 September 2011

[3] Dentsu Communication Institute 電通総研・日本リサーチセンター編「世界60カ国価値観データブック (Japanese)

[4] Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns", from the Cambridge Companion to Atheism, edited by Michael Martin, University of Cambridge Press, 2007

[5] Zuckerman, Phil (2006), Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns", The Cambridge Companion to Atheism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), http://atheism.110mb.com/ Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns

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