TOP 10 ATHEIST POPULATIONS: The top ten Atheist populations are the following:
Percent saying they think of themselves as convinced atheists:
Countries | A religious person |
Not a religious person |
A convinced atheist |
Don’t know / no response |
China | 14% | 30% | 47% | 9% |
Japan | 16% | 31% | 31% | 23% |
Czech Republic | 20% | 48% | 30% | 2% |
France | 37% | 34% | 29% | 1% |
Korea, Rep (South) | 52% | 31% | 15% | 2% |
Germany | 51% | 33% | 15% | 1% |
Netherlands | 43% | 42% | 14% | 2% |
Austria | 42% | 43% | 10% | 5% |
Iceland | 57% | 31% | 10% | 2% |
Australia | 37% | 48% | 10% | 5% |
Ireland | 47% | 44% | 10% | 0% |
Note that this survey has a majority of Australians saying they are not religious, contrary to the 2011 Australian census which had no religion at 22%. Could Australia have really changed from 22% to 58% atheist since 2011?
Well, no.
I suspect that the census question's choices, which included "Catholic", "Protestant", etc, stirred familial loyalties to religious answers. The official nature of the census may also increase the incidence of people answering by what they believe they should be. The Irish survey, by merely asking if people are religious or non-religious, may be a better indicator of actual belief.
Still, 37% religious is too high.
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