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Irreligion in the United Kingdom
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom: 25,273,945 – 37.8% (2021) England: 20,715,664 – 36.7% (2021)[1] Scotland: 2,780,900 – 51.1% (2022)[2] Wales: 1,446,398 – 46.5% (2021)[1] Northern Ireland: 330,983 – 17.4% (2021)[note 1][3] | |
| Religions | |
| Irreligion: (including atheism, agnosticism, etc.) Note
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Religion in the United Kingdom (2015 research)[4]
None (52%)
Church of England (13.7%)
Catholic Church (8.7%)
Other Christian (13.2%)
Islam (6.7%)
Other religions (3.6%)
Not stated (2.1%)
Irreligion in the United Kingdom is more prevalent than in some parts of Europe, with about 8% indicating they were atheistic in 2018,[5] and 52% listing their religion as "none".[4] A third of Anglicans polled in a 2013 survey doubted the existence of God, while 15% of those with no religion believed in some higher power, and deemed themselves "spiritual" or even "religious".[6]
- ^ a b "Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Religion'
- ^ "MS-B21: Religion". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b "United Kingdom". Association of Religion Data Archives. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Being Christian in Western Europe, Pew Research 2018 https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/05/29/being-christian-in-western-europe/
- ^ Linda Woodhead, “No Religion” is the New Religion, Westminster Faith Debates, 2013; The Rise of ‘No Religion’ in Britain: The Emergence of a New Cultural Majority, Journal of the British Academy, 2016.
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