Here is a list of the top fifty countries containing the highest percentage of people who identify themselves as atheist, agnostic, or non-believers 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.

Sweden 8,986,000 46 – 85% 4,133,560 – 7,638,100 Vietnam 82,690,000 81% 66,978,900 Denmark 5,413,000 43 – 80% 2,327,590 – 4,330,400 Norway 4,575,000 31 – 72% 1,418,250 – 3,294,000 Japan 127,333,000 64 – 65% 81,493,120 – 82,766,450 Czech Republic 10,246,100 54 – 61% 5,328,940 – 6,250,121 Finland 5,215,000 28 – 60% 1,460,200 – 3,129,000 France 60,424,000 43 – 54% 25,982,320 – 32,628,960 South Korea 48,598,000 30 – 52% 14,579,400 – 25,270,960 Estonia 1,342,000 49% 657,580 Germany 82,425,000 41 – 49% 33,794,250 – 40,388,250 Russia 143,782,000 24 – 48% 34,507,680 – 69,015,360 Hungary 10,032,000 32 – 46% 3,210,240 – 4,614,720 Netherlands 16,318,000 39 – 44% 6,364,020 – 7,179,920 Britain 60,271,000 31 – 44% 18,684,010 – 26,519,240 Belgium 10,348,000 42 – 43% 4,346,160 – 4,449,640 Bulgaria 7,518,000 34 – 40% 2,556,120 – 3,007,200 Slovenia 2,011,000 35 – 38% 703,850 – 764,180 Israel 6,199,000 15 – 37% 929,850 – 2,293,630 Canada 32,508,000 19 – 30% 6,176,520 – 9,752,400 Latvia 2,306,000 20 – 29% 461,200 – 668,740 Slovakia 5,424,000 10 – 28% 542,400 – 1,518,720 Switzerland 7,451,000 17 – 27% 1,266,670 – 2,011,770 Austria 8,175,000 18 – 26% 1,471,500 – 2,125,500 Australia 19,913,000 24 – 25% 4,779,120 – 4,978,250 Taiwan 22,750,000 24% 5,460,000 Spain 40,281,000 15 – 24% 6,042,150 – 9,667,440 Iceland 294,000 16 – 23% 47,040 – 67,620 New Zealand 3,994,000 20 – 22% 798,800 – 878,680 Ukraine 47,732,000 20% 9,546,400 Belarus 10,311,000 17% 1,752,870 Greece 10,648,000 16% 1,703,680 North Korea 22,698,000 15%* 3,404,700 Italy 58,057,000 6 – 15% 3,483,420 – 8,708,550 Armenia 2,991,000 14% 418,740 China 1,298,848,000 8 – 14%* 103,907,840 – 181,838,720 Lithuania 3,608,000 13% 469,040 Singapore 4,354,000 13% 566,020 Uruguay 3,399,000 12% 407,880 Kazakhstan 15,144,000 11 – 12% 1,665,840 – 1,817,280 Mongolia 2,751,000 9% 247,590 Portugal 10,524,000 4 – 9% 420,960 – 947,160 USA 293,028,000 3 – 9% 8,790,840 – 26,822,520 Albania 3,545,000 8% 283,600 Argentina 39,145,000 4 – 8% 1,565,800 – 3,131,600 Kyrgyzstan 5,081,000 7% 355,670 Dominican Republic 8,834,000 7% 618,380 Cuba 11,309,000 7%* 791,630 Croatia 4,497,000 7% 314,790



Source: Zuckerman, Phil. “Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns”, chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005).

* NOTE: The estimates of the number of atheists in North Korea, China and Cuba may be unreliable. The best data available have been used in making these estimates, but the people in these three nations live under Communist governments which have traditionally suppressed religious freedom and officially (often forcibly) endorsed atheism.