Religion in the United Kingdom

Religion in the UK (2021 United Kingdom census)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Christian (46.53%)
No religion (37.75%)
Muslim (5.97%)
Hindu (1.59%)
Sikh (0.79%)
Buddhist (0.43%)
Jewish (0.41%)
Other religions (0.58%)
Not stated (5.91%)

Christianity is the largest religion in the United Kingdom. Results of the 2021 Census showed that Christianity is the largest religion (though makes up less than half of the population), followed by the non-religious, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Taoism. Among Christians, Anglicanism^[5] is the most common denomination, followed by Catholicism, Presbyterianism, Methodism, Unitarianism, and Baptism. Results for the 2022 census in Scotland the majority (51%) had no religion, but that 38.8% of the Scottish population identified as Christian (of which 20% identified with the Church of Scotland and 13% with the Catholic Church).^[6]

The Church of England is the state church of England, whilst the strictly Presbyterian Church of Scotland is likewise the official religion and state church of Scotland. The Church of England defines itself as neither fully reformed Protestant nor fully Catholic. The Monarch of the United Kingdom is the supreme governor of the Church. Both Northern Ireland and Wales have no state religion since the Irish Church Act 1869 and the Welsh Church Act 1914, respectively.

A large number of individuals have no religious affiliation, and many others are only nominally affiliated, and neither believe nor practice. Surveys find that agnosticism, nontheism, atheism and the like are views shared by a majority of Britons.^[7] In addition to secularisation, post-WWII immigration turned the religious landscape more diverse, adding non-Christian beliefs and traditions and turning society somewhat multi-faith.

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^ "Europe's religious landscape: Faith and religious diversity in an era of rapid change" (PDF). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion". 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ Staff. "British Social Attitudes: Religion, Identity, behaviour and belief over two decades" (PDF). The National Centre for Social Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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