Monday, November 2, 2009

Non believers across the world: Any study from India?

CountryTotal country
population (2004)
% Atheist/
Agnostic/
Nonbeliever in God
Number of Atheists/
Agnostics
Nonbelievers in God
(minimum - maximum)
Sweden8,986,00046 - 85%4,133,560 - 7,638,100
Vietnam82,690,00081%66,978,900
Denmark5,413,00043 - 80%2,327,590 - 4,330,400
Norway4,575,00031 - 72%1,418,250 - 3,294,000
Japan127,333,00064 - 65%81,493,120 - 82,766,450
Czech Republic10,246,10054 - 61%5,328,940 - 6,250,121
Finland5,215,00028 - 60%1,460,200 - 3,129,000
France60,424,00043 - 54%25,982,320 - 32,628,960
South Korea48,598,00030 - 52%14,579,400 - 25,270,960
Estonia1,342,00049%657,580
Germany82,425,00041 - 49%33,794,250 - 40,388,250
Russia143,782,00024 - 48%34,507,680 - 69,015,360
Hungary10,032,00032 - 46%3,210,240 - 4,614,720
Netherlands16,318,00039 - 44%6,364,020 - 7,179,920
Britain60,271,00031 - 44%18,684,010 - 26,519,240
Belgium10,348,00042 - 43%4,346,160 - 4,449,640
Bulgaria7,518,00034 - 40%2,556,120 - 3,007,200
Slovenia2,011,00035 - 38%703,850 - 764,180
Israel6,199,00015 - 37%929,850 - 2,293,630
Canada32,508,00019 - 30%6,176,520 - 9,752,400
Latvia2,306,00020 - 29%461,200 - 668,740
Slovakia5,424,00010 - 28%542,400 - 1,518,720
Switzerland7,451,00017 - 27%1,266,670 - 2,011,770
Austria8,175,00018 - 26%1,471,500 - 2,125,500
Australia19,913,00024 - 25%4,779,120 - 4,978,250
Taiwan22,750,00024%5,460,000
Spain40,281,00015 - 24%6,042,150 - 9,667,440
Iceland294,00016 - 23%47,040 - 67,620
New Zealand3,994,00020 - 22%798,800 - 878,680
Ukraine47,732,00020%9,546,400
Belarus10,311,00017%1,752,870
Greece10,648,00016%1,703,680
North Korea22,698,00015%3,404,700
Italy58,057,0006 - 15%3,483,420 - 8,708,550
Armenia2,991,00014%418,740
China1,298,848,0008 - 14%103,907,840 - 181,838,720
Lithuania3,608,00013%469,040
Singapore4,354,00013%566,020
Uruguay3,399,00012%407,880
Kazakhstan15,144,00011 - 12%1,665,840 - 1,817,280
Mongolia2,751,0009%247,590
Portugal10,524,0004 - 9%420,960 - 947,160
USA293,028,0003 - 9%8,790,840 - 26,822,520
Albania3,545,0008%283,600
Argentina39,145,0004 - 8%1,565,800 - 3,131,600
Kyrgyzstan5,081,0007%355,670
Dominican Republic8,834,0007%618,380
Cuba11,309,0007%791,630
Croatia4,497,0007%314,790

Source: Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005).

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