Irreligion by country

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Gallup Religiosity Index 2009

Irreligion varies in the different countries around the world.

[edit] List of countries by irreligion

The Gallup poll has the most broad definition of irreligion: the question "Is religion important" was asked; the "no" answer is represented below. Dentsu Communication Institute provides data for respondents who stated they have "no religion". Phil Zuckerman uses the strictest definition, citing "atheist and agnostic" proportion numbers. The numbers come from different years, and might not be accurate for countries with governments that require or urge religion or secularism.

Country	Gallup^[1] (2007–2008)	Dentsu^[2] (2006)	Zuckerman^[3] (2005)
China		93%	8 – 14%
Estonia	84%	76%	49%
Sweden	83%	25%	46 – 85%
Denmark	80%	10%	43 – 80%
Hong Kong	78%
Norway	78%		31 – 72%
Azerbaijan	74%
Czech Republic	74%	64%	54 – 61%
France See: Irreligion in France	73%	43%	43 – 54%
Japan	73%	52%	64 – 65%
United Kingdom	71%		31 – 44%
Finland	69%	12%	28 – 60%
Mongolia	69%		9%
Australia See: Irreligion in Australia	68%		24 – 25%
Netherlands	66%	55%	39 – 44%
New Zealand See: Irreligion in New Zealand	66%		20 – 22%
Belarus	65%	48%	17%
Cuba	64%		7%
Russia	63%	48%	24 – 48%
Albania	63%		8%
Bulgaria	62%	30%	34 – 40%
Latvia	62%	41%	20 – 29%
Belgium	61%	35%	42 – 43%
Vietnam	61%	46%	81%
Hungary	59%	43%	32 – 46%
Slovenia	59%	30%	35 – 38%
Spain	59%	16%	15 – 24%
Taiwan	58%		24%
Germany	57%	25%	41 – 49%
Uruguay	57%		12%
Switzerland	56%		17 – 27%
Canada See: Irreligion in Canada	55%	26%	19 – 30%
South Korea	54%	37%	30 – 52%
Ukraine	54%	42%	20%
Lithuania	52%	19%	13%
Slovakia	51%	23%	10 – 28%
Israel	50%		15 – 37%
Singapore	49%		13%
Montenegro	48%
Serbia	45%
Kazakhstan	43%		11 – 12%
Austria	42%	12%	18 – 26%
Ireland	42%	7%
Uzbekistan	37%
Argentina	36%	13%	4 – 8%
Chile	29%	34%
Belize	33%
United States See: Irreligion in the United States	33%	20%	3 – 9%
Kyrgyzstan	31%		7%
Moldova	31%
Venezuela	31%	27%
Croatia	30%	13%	7%
Greece	30%	4%	16%
Luxembourg		30%
Armenia	29%		14%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	29%
Jamaica	29%
Mexico See: Irreligion in Mexico	29%	21%
Portugal	27%	11%	4 – 9%
Italy	26%	18%	6 – 15%
Kosovo	26%
Cyprus	24%
Iceland		4%	16 – 23%
Poland	23%	5%
Botswana	22%
Georgia	22%
Haiti	21%
Tajikistan	21%
Macedonia	20%
Trinidad and Tobago	19%
Romania	18%	2%
Zimbabwe	18%
Dominican Republic	17%		7%
Ecuador	17%
India	17%	7%
Iraq	17%
Nicaragua	17%
Iran	16%	1%
Northern Ireland		16%
Costa Rica	15%
El Salvador	15%
Kuwait	15%
Malaysia	14%
North Korea			15%
Peru	14%	5%
Lebanon	13%
Puerto Rico	13%	11%
Bolivia	12%
Brazil	12%
Burkina Faso	12%
Colombia	12%
South Africa	12%	11%
Algeria	11%
Cambodia	11%
Guatemala	11%
Honduras	11%
Panama	11%
Philippines	5%	11%
Togo	11%
Ethiopia	10%
Rwanda	10%
Mozambique	9%
Palestinian Authority	9%
Paraguay	9%
Turkey	9%	3%
Burundi	8%
Namibia	8%
Tunisia	8%
Uganda	8%	1%
Angola	7%
Chad	7%
Ghana	7%
Madagascar	7%
Nepal	7%
Benin	6%
Cameroon	6%
Central African Republic	6%
Liberia	6%
Serbia and Montenegro		6%
Mali	5%
Mauritania	5%
Nigeria	5%	1%
Jordan	4%
Kenya	4%
Sudan	4%
Thailand	4%
Yemen	4%
Afghanistan	3%
Guinea	3%
Laos	3%
Myanmar	3%
Niger	3%
Pakistan	3%
Saudi Arabia	3%
Zambia	3%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2%
Djibouti	2%
Malawi	2%
Morocco	2%
Senegal	2%
Sierra Leone	2%
Tanzania	2%	2%
United Arab Emirates	2%
Bangladesh	1%
Indonesia	1%
Malta		1%
Sri Lanka	1%
Egypt	1%