Nearly one in four people is religiously unaffiliated
World, 2020: 24.2% are unaffiliated. This does not mean they are all atheists. The chart shows the five largest groups.
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World, 2020: 24.2% are unaffiliated. This does not mean they are all atheists. The chart shows the five largest groups.
Bars start at zero. Each uses a published value; the year and measurement universe are listed below.
- Christians % of population
28.8 (2020)
- Muslims % of population
25.6 (2020)
- Unaffiliated % of population
24.2 (2020)
- Hindus % of population
14.9 (2020)
- Buddhists % of population
4.1 (2020)
Published estimates with the same units. Small bounded estimates are not substituted as exact values. This is a descriptive comparison.
Pew all-age estimates, two dates from the same revised release, 2010 and 2020. Affiliation does not measure belief or practice; unaffiliated does not mean atheist. No intervening observations.
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