What's the country with the most atheists?

Answer 1

Pick any communist country.

Answer 2

I was going to guess sweden, then i found this below. You have to remember that countries differ greatly in size, so clearly the biggest countries dominate. If you want the country with the highest proportion/percentage of athiests, then yep,, scandanavian countries, or new zealand it appears.

In terms of numbers, China 1st, with 103,907,840 - 181,838,720 Atheists/AgnosticsNonbelievers
Japan 2nd, then russia, vietnam, germany..etc
USA gets 7th, britain 8th.

In terms of proportion of Atheists/AgnosticsNonbelievers, the USA gets 44th position, behind mongolia.
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Estimates for atheism alone (as a primary religious preference) range from 200 to 240 million. But these come primarily from China and former Soviet Union nations (especially Russia). Prior to Communist takeovers of these regions and government attempts to eradicate religion, both places had very high levels of affiliation with organized religions (especially Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Taoism), as well as high levels of participation in and belief in traditional local traditions such as shamanism, ancestor ceremonies, spiritism, etc. Since the fall of Communism in former Soviet nations and the relaxation of anti-religious policies in China, observed religious affiliation and activity has increased dramatically, especially in Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam.

China probably does have the largest number of actual atheists of any country in the world and many Russians clearly remain atheists. But at this point, it is difficult to accurately determine how many of those classified as atheists or nonreligious during Communist-era USSR and by the current Chinese government are actually atheists according to their personal beliefs, and how many are unregistered religious adherents or participants in less-organized traditional systems that are oriented around ancestors, animism, shamanism, etc. Many people are unaware, for instance, that China has one of the largest, most active Christian communities in the world, and that in many former Soviet nations religions such as shamanism, Islam and Russian Orthodoxy remained even while official government reports announced the elimination of religion in these regions.

In the Western world, Europe is by far the place with the most self-avowed nonreligious, atheists and agnostics, with the nonreligious proportion of the population particularly high in Scandinavia. The Encyclopedia Britannica reports approximately 41 million atheists in Europe. The self-described nonreligious segment of society in Australia and New Zealand is also high, at around 15%. In Australia less than a tenth of one percent described themselves as atheists in the latest national census (1996). In the U.S. about 13.2% of the population describe themselves as nonreligious, 0.5% describe themselves as agnostic, and a smaller number describe themselves as atheist (Kosmin, ARIS/American Religious Identification Survey, City University of New York, 2001).

Largest Proportion
Country Total country %Atheist/
population Agnostic/Nonbeliever
Sweden 8,986,000 46 - 85%
Vietnam 82,690,000 81%
Denmark 5,413,000 43 - 80%
Norway 4,575,000 31 - 72%
Japan 127,333,000 64 - 65%
Czech Rep. 10,246,100 54 - 61%
Finland 5,215,000 28 - 60%
France 60,424,000 43 - 54%
South Korea 48,598,000 30 - 52%
Estonia 1,342,000 49%
Germany 82,425,000 41 - 49%
Russia 143,782,000 24 - 48%
Hungary 10,032,000 32 - 46%
Netherlands 16,318,000 39 - 44%
Britain 60,271,000 31 - 44%

Answer 3

It's hard to define what an atheist is.


I know lots of people that were Catholics, for example, but after they moved away from the influence of their parents they stopped being religious.

I'd say the Czech Republic though.

Answer 4

China.

Answer 5

china

Answer 6

somewhere in europe i'm guessing

Answer 7

USA.