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By Conrad Hackett and Timmy Huynh2 comments
Religiously unaffiliated people sometimes called the nones account for 16% of the worlds
population, and they make up the largest religious group in seven countries and territories.
Perhaps more remarkably, they also are the second-largest group in roughly half (48%) of the
worlds nations.
Indeed, while either Christians or Muslims make up the largest religious group in nine-in-ten
nations around the globe, nones rank second in size in most of the Americas and Europe, as
well as in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Nones are a diverse collection of people, including atheists and agnostics, as well as those who
have a mix of religious beliefs and practices but do not identify with a particular faith. While the
nones are not a religion per se, they are broadly categorized as such because, regardless of
their beliefs, they dont identify with a religious group.
Of the 112 countries and territories in which the unaffiliated rank second, Christians are the
largest religion in 106. In many of these nations, including the U.S. and most of Western Europe,
nones are a substantial minority. They make up a quarter or more of the population in the
United Kingdom and Germany, for example.
Muslims are the second-largest group in 30 countries. Islam ranks second to Christianity in many
African countries, particularly in the sub-Saharan belt of nations that run across the continent.
Many of these countries, such as Nigeria and Ethiopia, are situated between the predominantly
Muslim Maghreb of North Africa and the more solidly Christian countries in the southern part of
the continent. Islam also is the second-largest religion in India, after Hinduism.
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Conrad Hackett is a demographer focusing on religion at Pew Research Center.
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