Top 50 Countries
With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics
(Zuckerman, 2005)
Below is a list of the top fifty countries containing the largest measured percentage of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or non-believer in God. These figures do not necessarily represent the number of people who are identify themselves as "atheists." For example, in Estonia in 2004, 49% of people surveyed said they did not believe in God. At the same time, only 11% of people in the country identified themselves as atheists.
| Country | Total country population (2004) | % Atheist/ Agnostic/ Nonbeliever in God | Number of Atheists/ Agnostics Nonbelievers in God (minimum - maximum) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 8,986,000 | 46 - 85% | 4,133,560 - 7,638,100 |
| Vietnam | 82,690,000 | 81% | 66,978,900 |
| Denmark | 5,413,000 | 43 - 80% | 2,327,590 - 4,330,400 |
| Norway | 4,575,000 | 31 - 72% | 1,418,250 - 3,294,000 |
| Japan | 127,333,000 | 64 - 65% | 81,493,120 - 82,766,450 |
| Czech Republic | 10,246,100 | 54 - 61% | 5,328,940 - 6,250,121 |
| Finland | 5,215,000 | 28 - 60% | 1,460,200 - 3,129,000 |
| France | 60,424,000 | 43 - 54% | 25,982,320 - 32,628,960 |
| South Korea | 48,598,000 | 30 - 52% | 14,579,400 - 25,270,960 |
| Estonia | 1,342,000 | 49% | 657,580 |
| Germany | 82,425,000 | 41 - 49% | 33,794,250 - 40,388,250 |
| Russia | 143,782,000 | 24 - 48% | 34,507,680 - 69,015,360 |
| Hungary | 10,032,000 | 32 - 46% | 3,210,240 - 4,614,720 |
| Netherlands | 16,318,000 | 39 - 44% | 6,364,020 - 7,179,920 |
| Britain | 60,271,000 | 31 - 44% | 18,684,010 - 26,519,240 |
| Belgium | 10,348,000 | 42 - 43% | 4,346,160 - 4,449,640 |
| Bulgaria | 7,518,000 | 34 - 40% | 2,556,120 - 3,007,200 |
| Slovenia | 2,011,000 | 35 - 38% | 703,850 - 764,180 |
| Israel | 6,199,000 | 15 - 37% | 929,850 - 2,293,630 |
| Canada | 32,508,000 | 19 - 30% | 6,176,520 - 9,752,400 |
| Latvia | 2,306,000 | 20 - 29% | 461,200 - 668,740 |
| Slovakia | 5,424,000 | 10 - 28% | 542,400 - 1,518,720 |
| Switzerland | 7,451,000 | 17 - 27% | 1,266,670 - 2,011,770 |
| Austria | 8,175,000 | 18 - 26% | 1,471,500 - 2,125,500 |
| Australia | 19,913,000 | 24 - 25% | 4,779,120 - 4,978,250 |
| Taiwan | 22,750,000 | 24% | 5,460,000 |
| Spain | 40,281,000 | 15 - 24% | 6,042,150 - 9,667,440 |
| Iceland | 294,000 | 16 - 23% | 47,040 - 67,620 |
| New Zealand | 3,994,000 | 20 - 22% | 798,800 - 878,680 |
| Ukraine | 47,732,000 | 20% | 9,546,400 |
| Belarus | 10,311,000 | 17% | 1,752,870 |
| Greece | 10,648,000 | 16% | 1,703,680 |
| North Korea | 22,698,000 | 15%* | 3,404,700 |
| Italy | 58,057,000 | 6 - 15% | 3,483,420 - 8,708,550 |
| Armenia | 2,991,000 | 14% | 418,740 |
| China | 1,298,848,000 | 8 - 14%* | 103,907,840 - 181,838,720 |
| Lithuania | 3,608,000 | 13% | 469,040 |
| Singapore | 4,354,000 | 13% | 566,020 |
| Uruguay | 3,399,000 | 12% | 407,880 |
| Kazakhstan | 15,144,000 | 11 - 12% | 1,665,840 - 1,817,280 |
| Mongolia | 2,751,000 | 9% | 247,590 |
| Portugal | 10,524,000 | 4 - 9% | 420,960 - 947,160 |
| USA | 293,028,000 | 3 - 9% | 8,790,840 - 26,822,520 |
| Albania | 3,545,000 | 8% | 283,600 |
| Argentina | 39,145,000 | 4 - 8% | 1,565,800 - 3,131,600 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5,081,000 | 7% | 355,670 |
| Dominican Republic | 8,834,000 | 7% | 618,380 |
| Cuba | 11,309,000 | 7%* | 791,630 |
| Croatia | 4,497,000 | 7% | 314,790 |
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html
Anyone know of any reasons for this? Has this been studied? What say you European ex-dubs?