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Global atheism statistics (view source)
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Below are some [[global atheism]] statistics from research organizations and scholars.
Below are some [[global atheism]] statistics from research organizations and scholars.
The global atheism research covers the period from 1900 to projections going as far as 2100.
The global atheism research covers the period from 1900 to projections going as far as 2200.
== Percentage of the world's population who are atheists - statistics and trends ==
== Percentage of the world's population who are atheists - statistics and trends ==
*[http://www.internationalbulletin.org/issues/2015-01/2015-01-029-table.html Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2015, in the Context of 1900–2050] (Source: Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)
*[http://www.internationalbulletin.org/issues/2015-01/2015-01-029-table.html Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2015, in the Context of 1900–2050] (Source: Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)
==== 2100 projection ====
==== 2100 and 2200 projections by Dr. Todd M. Johnson ====
Dr. Todd M. Johnson is associate professor of Global Christianity and director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Massachusetts. He is co-author of several important resources in the emerging field of religious demography, including The World’s Religions in Figures (2013) and Atlas of Global Christianity (2009).
Dr. Todd M. Johnson is associate professor of Global Christianity and director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Massachusetts. He is co-author of several important resources in the emerging field of religious demography, including The World’s Religions in Figures (2013) and Atlas of Global Christianity (2009).
If present trends continue, Johnson projects that by 2100 two-thirds of the world’s population would be either Christian or Muslim.<ref>[http://archived.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a429a.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=16849&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1634&cHash=be444ec024f26a3b16b9309239c054e2 Global data upend usual picture of Christianity trends], World Council of Churches</ref>
If present trends continue, Johnson projects that by 2100 two-thirds of the world’s population would be either Christian or Muslim.<ref>[http://archived.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a429a.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=16849&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1634&cHash=be444ec024f26a3b16b9309239c054e2 Global data upend usual picture of Christianity trends], World Council of Churches</ref>
Religious/irreligious demographic projections going to 2200 by Todd M. Johnson:
*[http://www.wnrf.org/cms/next200.shtml Religious Projections for the Next 200 Years] by Dr. Todd M. Johnson, June 30, 1995
=== Pew Research on global atheism ===
=== Pew Research on global atheism ===