What percentage of people are theists in the world?

Answer 1

2.5% of the worlds population are atheist but this figure is inaccurate since there are some regions of the world where it is a social stigma to be an atheist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism
About 2.01 % are atheist, about another 16% are non-religious according to Wikipedia

Answer 2

It is estimated that 13.98% of the world's population is not religious, or atheist/agnostic. Some European countries are officially secular as is China. Many European countries have only 40% of their population with any noted religious belief.

Answer:

About 2.3% of the worls considers themself Atheist.

Answer 3

There are no definitive statistics to answer this question because no actual world census of atheists has ever been made.

Some opinions from contributors:

16% of the world (1,1 billion) profess to be secular/non-religious/agnostic/atheist. It is thought that about 2.5 % of these are atheist. However, the figure is vague because many atheists don't proclaim their belief for fear of reprisal.

An additional 6% of the world population are Buddhist. Conceptually Buddhism is atheistic in that it does not believe in a supreme being or creator.

Adherents.com reports that 16 percent of people are non-religious. This includes atheists and agnostics.

1.1 billion people are estimated to be nonthiest/atheist.

From a current estimated population of 6.7 billion, that is approximately 15%.

Answer 4

As with any demographic poll of religion, and especially Atheism, there might be slight inaccuracies. Sometimes, "non-affiliated" or "Agnostic" will be considered "Atheist". And, many times, atheists are afraid to identify themselves. That being said; according to Wikipedia sources and a 2002 survey by Adherents.com, estimated the proportion of the worlds people who indentify as "secular, non-religious, agnostic or atheist", at around 14%.

Other polls, both official and unofficial, place the number at about 0% (Nigeria) to 39% (UK) and some as high worldwide as 52% - 72% in the west.

Answer 5

The definition of "theist" is dependant on many factors - many religions do not agree on which god o gods to worship and "non-believers may not be lumped in with the theists. Others would include everyone except atheists in theists, forgetting that may philosophies such as Buddhism and Juche don't have a god role in them.

The top 10 religion are:

1. Christianity: 2.1 billion
2. Islam: 1.5 billion
3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism: 900 million
5. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
6. Buddhism: 376 million
7. primal-indigenous: 300 million
8. African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
9. Sikhism: 23 million
10. Juche: 19 million

Christians and Islamics along with a small Jewish population total about 45%,. Hindus add another 14%. The total compliment of Atheists, Securlar people, Agnostics and Free thinkers comes in at about 16%.

Answer 6

Theists make up 86% of the world's population, that's around more than 6.56 Billion theists, to be more specific 6,656,400,000 theists, currently consisting of three groups, Abrahamists (56%) , Re-incarnationists (20%), Ethnic religions (10%). On the other hand, Non-religious and Anti-religious movements make up 14% (Included 3.8% atheists/anti-theists).

Answer 7

A 2002 survey by Adherents.com, which estimates the proportion of the world's people who are "secular, non-religious, agnostics and atheists" at about 14% . The accuracy of the number is difficult to prove as many societies make non-religion essentially a criminal matter (in Christian/Muslim countries). in some, like China, the state is officially non-religious which would make almost 20% of the population of the Earth non-religious if only China weere counted.

Answer 8

Data indicates that China with 20% of the worlds population is 47% atheist. This equivalent to about 10% of the world population. In other counties of the world data is hard to come by . For example:

• In Japan the religion you are identified with for census data is the "paper" religion assigned to by your family background not your true position.
• In the USA being an atheist is so strongly frowned on that many atheists are still "in the closet" about their beliefs to protect their business opportunities and prevent violent action by others in their community.
  
• In many countries in Europe the population and government is secular
  

As a consequence the answer can only be (at least using the Chinese data) 10% or higher.

Answer 9

16% of the worlds people do not believe in a god or gods.

Answer 10

around 15% of Americans claim to have no religion

but only 2% of Americans call themselves atheists