Atheist Facts & Statistics

The atheist facts and statistics page is a collection of data related to atheism and religions.

Major Religions of the World

(Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective.)

  • Christianity:

    2.1 billion

  • Islam:

    1.5 billion

  • Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist:

    1.1 billion

  • Hinduism:

    900 million

  • Chinese traditional religion:

    394 million

  • Buddhism:

    376 million

  • Primal-indigenous:

    300 million

  • African Traditional & Diasporic:

    100 million

  • Sikhism:

    23 million

  • Juche:

    19 million

  • Spiritism:

    15 million

  • Judaism:

    14 million

  • Baha'i:

    7 million

  • Jainism:

    4.2 million

  • Shinto:

    4 million

  • Cao Dai:

    4 million

  • Zoroastrianism:

    2.6 million

  • Tenrikyo:

    2 million

  • Neo-Paganism:

    1 million

  • Unitarian-Universalism:

    800 thousand

  • Rastafarianism:

    600 thousand

  • Scientology:

    500 thousand

Source: adherents.com

Variation in U.S divorce rates by religion:

Religion percentage have been divorced:

  • Jews:

    30%

  • Born-again Christians:

    27%

  • Other Christians :

    24%

  • Atheists, Agnostics :

    21%

Note: Whilst the above figures are too close to make a clear distinction, they do however clearly demonstrate that people of no-religion are no more, nor no less moral than those whom are religious.

Ron Barrier, Spokespersonn for American Atheists remarked on these findings with some rather caustic comments against organized religion. He said:

These findings confirm what I have been saying these last five years. Since atheist ethics are of a higher caliber than religious morals, it stands to reason that our families would be dedicated more to each other than to some invisible monitor in the sky. With atheism, women and men are equally responsible for a healthy marriage. There is no room in atheist ethics for the type of 'submissive' nonsense preached by Baptists and other Christian and/or Jewish groups. Atheists reject, and rightly so, the primitive patriarchal attitudes so prevalent in many religions with respect to marriage.

Source: religioustolerance.org


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