Irreligion in the United Kingdom

Irreligion in the United Kingdom
Total population
	United Kingdom: 25,273,945 – 37.8% (2021); England: 20,715,664 – 36.7% (2021); Scotland: 2,780,900 – 51.1% (2022); Wales: 1,446,398 – 46.5% (2021); Northern Ireland: 330,983 – 17.4% (2021)
Religions
	Irreligion:; (including atheism, agnosticism, etc.); Note ^ Includes No Religion, Jedi Knight, Agnostic, Atheist, Humanist, Free Thinker and 'No religion: Other' ;

Religion in the United Kingdom (2015 research)^[4]

None (52%)
Church of England (13.7%)
Catholic Church (8.7%)
Other Christian (13.2%)
Islam (6.7%)
Other religions (3.6%)
Not stated (2.1%)

Irreligion in the United Kingdom is more prevalent than in some parts of Europe, with about 8% indicating they were atheistic in 2018,^[5] and 52% listing their religion as "none".^[4] A third of Anglicans polled in a 2013 survey doubted the existence of God, while 15% of those with no religion believed in some higher power, and deemed themselves "spiritual" or even "religious".^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Religion'
^ "MS-B21: Religion". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "United Kingdom". Association of Religion Data Archives. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
^ Being Christian in Western Europe, Pew Research 2018 https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/05/29/being-christian-in-western-europe/
^ Linda Woodhead, “No Religion” is the New Religion, Westminster Faith Debates, 2013; The Rise of ‘No Religion’ in Britain: The Emergence of a New Cultural Majority, Journal of the British Academy, 2016.

[3] Includes No Religion, Jedi Knight, Agnostic, Atheist, Humanist, Free Thinker and 'No religion: Other'

[2021census-1] "Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[2022census_Scot-2] "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Religion'

[NICensus2021-4] "MS-B21: Religion". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

[ARDA-5] "United Kingdom". Association of Religion Data Archives. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

[6] Being Christian in Western Europe, Pew Research 2018 https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/05/29/being-christian-in-western-europe/

[7] Linda Woodhead, “No Religion” is the New Religion, Westminster Faith Debates, 2013; The Rise of ‘No Religion’ in Britain: The Emergence of a New Cultural Majority, Journal of the British Academy, 2016.

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Total population
United Kingdom: 25,273,945 – 37.8% (2021) England: 20,715,664 – 36.7% (2021)^[1] Scotland: 2,780,900 – 51.1% (2022)^[2] Wales: 1,446,398 – 46.5% (2021)^[1] Northern Ireland: 330,983 – 17.4% (2021)^{[note 1]}^[3]
Religions
Irreligion: (including atheism, agnosticism, etc.) Note ^ Includes No Religion, Jedi Knight, Agnostic, Atheist, Humanist, Free Thinker and 'No religion: Other'