1. < Return to Largest Religious CommunitiesLargest Religious Communities The Largest Atheist / Agnostic Populations 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. Countrypopulation (2004)% A/A/NBG Sweden8,986,00046 - 85% Vietnam82,690,00081% Denmark5,413,00043 - 80% Norway4,575,00031 - 72% Japan127,333,00064 - 65% Czech Republic10,246,10054 - 61% Finland5,215,00028 - 60% France60,424,00043 - 54% South Korea48,598,00030 - 52% Estonia1,342,00049% Germany82,425,00041 - 49% Russia143,782,00024 - 48% Hungary10,032,00032 - 46% Netherlands16,318,00039 - 44% Britain60,271,00031 - 44% Belgium10,348,00042 - 43% Bulgaria7,518,00034 - 40% Slovenia2,011,00035 - 38% Israel6,199,00015 - 37% Canada32,508,00019 - 30% Latvia2,306,00020 - 29% Slovakia5,424,00010 - 28% Switzerland7,451,00017 - 27% Austria8,175,00018 - 26% Australia19,913,00024 - 25% Taiwan22,750,00024% Spain40,281,00015 - 24% Iceland294,00016 - 23% New Zealand3,994,00020 - 22% Ukraine47,732,00020% Belarus10,311,00017% Greece10,648,00016% North Korea22,698,00015%** Italy58,057,0006 - 15% Armenia2,991,00014% China1,298,848,0008 - 14%** Lithuania3,608,00013% Singapore4,354,00013% Uruguay3,399,00012% Kazakhstan15,144,00011 - 12% Mongolia2,751,0009% Portugal10,524,0004 - 9% USA293,028,0003 - 9% Albania3,545,0008% Argentina39,145,0004 - 8% Kyrgyzstan5,081,0007% Dominican Republic8,834,0007% Cuba11,309,0007%** Croatia4,497,0007%

2. < Return to Largest Religious CommunitiesLargest Religious Communities The Largest Atheist / Agnostic Populations 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. Countrypopulation (2004)% A/A/NBG Sweden8,986,00046 - 85% Vietnam82,690,00081% Denmark5,413,00043 - 80% Norway4,575,00031 - 72% Japan127,333,00064 - 65% Czech Republic10,246,10054 - 61% Finland5,215,00028 - 60% France60,424,00043 - 54% South Korea48,598,00030 - 52% Estonia1,342,00049% Germany82,425,00041 - 49% Russia143,782,00024 - 48% Hungary10,032,00032 - 46% Netherlands16,318,00039 - 44% Britain60,271,00031 - 44% Belgium10,348,00042 - 43% Bulgaria7,518,00034 - 40% Slovenia2,011,00035 - 38% Israel6,199,00015 - 37% Canada32,508,00019 - 30% Latvia2,306,00020 - 29% Slovakia5,424,00010 - 28% Switzerland7,451,00017 - 27% Austria8,175,00018 - 26% Australia19,913,00024 - 25% Taiwan22,750,00024% Spain40,281,00015 - 24% Iceland294,00016 - 23% New Zealand3,994,00020 - 22% Ukraine47,732,00020% Belarus10,311,00017% Greece10,648,00016% North Korea22,698,00015%** Italy58,057,0006 - 15% Armenia2,991,00014% China1,298,848,0008 - 14%** Lithuania3,608,00013% Singapore4,354,00013% Uruguay3,399,00012% Kazakhstan15,144,00011 - 12% Mongolia2,751,0009% Portugal10,524,0004 - 9% USA293,028,0003 - 9% Albania3,545,0008% Argentina39,145,0004 - 8% Kyrgyzstan5,081,0007% Dominican Republic 8,834,0007% Cuba11,309,0007%** Croatia4,497,0007%