What is the best country for atheists?

In 2017, the WIN-Gallup International Association (WIN/GIA) poll found China and Sweden as the top two countries with highest percentage of those who claim themselves atheist or irreligious.

What percentage of France is atheist?

In 2015, according to estimates, at least 29\% of the country’s population identifies as atheists and 63\% identifies as non-religious.

Is it possible to become an atheist?

No matter what you previously believed, if now deep down you find no belief in god, your transformation is already complete. There is no process or initiation for becoming an atheist (except possibly a “coming out” to others). If you can honestly think, “I don’t believe there is a god/gods,” you are already an atheist.

What percentage of Americans are atheists?

Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019 show that 4\% of American adults say they are atheists when asked about their religious identity, up from 2\% in 2009. An additional 5\% of Americans call themselves agnostics, up from 3\% a decade ago.

What is the definition of atheism?

Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of gods. This definition includes both those who assert that there are no gods and those who make no claim about whether gods exist or not. Simply stated, anyone who does not say “I believe (a) god/gods exist,” is, by definition, an atheist.

Which countries in Europe have the largest share of atheists?

But the European country with perhaps the biggest share of atheists is the Czech Republic, where a quarter of adults identify that way. In neighboring Slovakia, 15\% identify as atheists, although in the rest of Central and Eastern Europe, atheists have a smaller presence, despite the historical influence of the officially atheist Soviet Union.