What percentage of people in the UK are Wiccan/Pagan?

Answer 1

6.66%

Answer 2

This question would be more interesting if you took into account the ages of the wiccans/pagans. Over the past few years I have noticed alot of teenagers, particulary girls, claiming to be wiccan, or Pagan, but in a couple of years they grow out of it. As for commited "actual" Pagans, I don't know how many their are. The problem I have found is that many sites on Paganism etc, are written from a Christian perspective.

I myself have a great interest in Asartru, a form of Paganism based on the old Norse beliefs, but were also prominent in other Teutonic countries such as Germany and England back when we were just Anglo-Saxons. The codes they lived by, and the ways they practised them seem much better than Christianity or any other relegion I can find. I however find it difficult to commit myself to these beliefs because I don't know anyone who is particularly relegious, infact in the youth of today, those who are genuine in their belief are riddiculed, particularly Christians, so how do you explain that your beliefs stem from codes and practises which are taught as mythology and are dead?

Answer 3

i see why you had trouble getting this info on your own - finally got pertinent answers by googling "actual number of wiccans pagans in the united kingdom" here's the top 3:


Our best estimate of the number of WiccansSo, the actual number of Wiccans is probably much larger than the survey ... The Pagan Federation in the UK reported in 1999 that they were currently ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_nbr3.htm

England & UK Christianity StatisticsPagan & Wicca11, 40. Total religious, 45163, 76.8. No answer3, 4289, 7.3 ... Between 1960 and 1982 the actual number of confirmations taking place each year ...
http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/rib.html

Major Religions Ranked by SizeJamaica, as well as the United Kingdom and the U.S.) They are sometimes ... There were 768400 Neo-pagans (largest subset were Wiccans) in the U.S. in the ...
http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

Answer 4

Think this is a really difficult one to answer as there are so many different 'types' of Paganism-wicca being just one. As a Druid myself I have never answered a poll/survey where i have stated my beliefs and can only conclude their are plenty of others who haven't.
Due to common misconceptions regarding Pagans as a whole i imagine a lot of people are reluctant to advertise their beliefs anyway. Therefore I don't believe statistics are very helpful in the grand scheme of things. With Christianity hijacking both Pagan places of worship and enough aspects of the religion to try and convert the masses, inherently i would imagine quite a larger percentage of the population than shown in official polls is Pagan.

Answer 5

The fastest growing religion (in terms of percentage) is Wicca -- a Neopagan religion that is sometimes referred to as Witchcraft. Numbers of adherents went from 8,000 in 1990 to 134,000 in 2001. Their numbers of adherents are doubling about every 30 months. 4,5 Wiccans in Australia have a very similar growth pattern, from fewer than 2,000 in 1996 to 9,000 in 2001. 10 In Canada, Wiccans and other Neopagans showed the greatest percentage growth of any faith group. They totaled 21,080 members in 1991, an increase of 281% when compared with 1990.

An unidentified study in 1997 predicted that there were 100,000 practicing Neopagans in the United Kingdom. The Pagan Federation in the UK reported in 1999 that they were currently receiving 100 inquiries a month from potential new recruits. Kate West, vice president of the Pagan Federation and a practicing Wiccan said: "Spiritually, people want more than the paternalistic 'I will tell you what to think and what to do' attitude. As a race we are maturing. We want to make our own decisions about our own morality. We don't believe in indoctrination."

http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/rib.html - is another one place to go

Answer 6

1,537,260 people in England and Wales selected a non-Abrahamic religion (not Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Rastafarianism, Baha'i, or such) on the 2001 census. England and Wales had a total population of 52,041,920 in 2001.

So, roughly 3% there.

As for Scotland, 23,529 people claimed a religion other than Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Bahai, Satanist, or Rastafarian. (which by some definitions are the non-Pagan religions) There were 5,564 Hindus, 6,572 Sikhs, 6,830 Buddhists, meaning that 42,495 of the 5,062,011 people in Scotland meet the broader classification of Pagan (adherent of non-Abrahamic religion).

So, about .8% there.

About 2.7 or 2.8% overall. I am afraid that I do not have figures for Northern Ireland and there were also plenty of people who did not provide a religion on the census, so the figure could be higher.

Answer 7

Many. Indeed much more than in America, like "eightieschick70" pointed out.

I have met many in the UK, (thanks to them I have a large collection of instructive material to help those who are new to the Craft). The number of Pagans (mostly Wiccans) in Argentina are high too.

We are also growing in Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. In the US mainland there are many of us who still practice in secrecy. In the Dominican Republic there Pagans are by the thousands.

Answer 8

I think there are more in the UK then in america, I actually know a lot of pegans in america so there must be a lot in the U.K

Answer 9

There's Harry Potter fanatics all over planet Earth, not just in the UK.

Answer 10

not many most were burnt at the stake by the Christians