The future size of religiously affiliated and unaffiliated populations

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Authors

Marcin Stonawski · Economic Research Centre

Michaela Potančoková · Vienna Institute of Demography

Abstract

People who are religiously unaffiliated (including self-identifying atheists and agnostics, as well as those who say their religion is "nothing in particular") made up 16.4% of the world's population in 2010. Unaffiliated populations have been growing in N

Topics & Keywords

Religion and Society Interactions Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Religion, Society, and Development

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Demographic Research

Volume 32, pp. 829-842

DOI: 10.4054/demres.2015.32.27

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