A survey of most and least religious places in the world was recently published. The new WIN/Gallup poll released this week showed that Thailand is the most religious country on earth with 94% of residents interrogated saying that they are religious followed by Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia, and Morocco. The list of the least religious places includes China followed by Hong Kong and Japan.
A survey of most/least religious places in the world was released. On Monday, WIN/Gallup International Survey published a new study that revealed China and Thailand are the least and most religious places in the world respectively.
Between September 2014 and December 2014, pollsters quizzed a total of 64,000 people from 65 countries about their beliefs. The data showed that 63% of those interviewed are religious, 22% said they are not while 11% stated they are atheists.
According to the study, the most religious continent is Africa, (Central Africa), where 86% of the population say they believe in a form a higher power. The least religious continent is Europe, (Western Europe), where 51% of those surveyed say that they are nonbelievers.
The latest study shows that Thailand is the most religious place with 94% of the population admitting to being religious.
Thailand is followed by Armenia (93%), Bangladesh (93%), Georgia (93%), and Russia (70%). The United Kingdom has just 30% of believers, and according to experts by 2050, Christians will be a minority due to growing numbers of Muslims and atheists in the U.K.
In America, 56% say that they are religious – when the numbers are broken down, 33% of Americans said they are not at all religious, 6% say they are atheists, while the rest state that they “don’t know what they are.”
The least religious country in the world is China, 63% of Chinese citizens describe themselves as atheists, 34% in Hong Kong, 31% in Japan, 30% in Czech Republic and 20% of those surveyed in Spain consider themselves the same way.
Jean-Marc Leger, of WIN/Gallup explained:
“Religion continues to dominate our everyday lives and we see that the total number of people who consider themselves to be religious is actually relatively high.Furthermore, with the trend of an increasingly religious youth globally, we can assume that the number of people who consider themselves religious will only continue to increase.”
The survey of the most/least religious places reports that younger people under the age of 34 tend to be more religious. Moreover, people, who are uneducated, are the most religious. The majority of convinced atheists are among those with high income.
Interestingly enough, the survey showed 65% of those interviewed in Israel, say that they are either not religious or atheists, and just 30% say they are believers, compared to a whopping 75% in the Palestinian Territories who say they are religious and only 18% who say they are atheists.
What are your thoughts on the most/least religious places survey?
