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=== IQ scores for various irreligious European countries ===
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*[[UK]]: National IQ is 100.<ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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*[[The Netherlands]]:  National IQ is 100. <ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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*[[Sweden]]'s national IQ is 99. <ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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*[[Estonia]]'s national IQ is 99.<ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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*[[Germany]]'s national IQ is 99. <ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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*[[Finland]]'s national IQ is 99. <ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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*[[Denmark]]'s national IQ is 98.<ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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*[[France]]'s national IQ is 98.<ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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*[[Czech Republic]]'s national IQ is 98.<ref name="CountryIQ"/>
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==== Secular Europe, culture and intelligence ====
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*[[Secular Europe and intelligence#Secular Europe, culture and intelligence|Secular Europe, culture and intelligence]]
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=== Australian national IQ ===
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[[File:Flag of Australia.png|thumbnail|200px|[[Australia]]'s national IQ is 98.<ref name="CountryIQ">[https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country WORLD RANKING OF COUNTRIES BY THEIR AVERAGE]</ref>  The ''Daily Mail'' reported in 2014, "Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the [[UK]], [[Denmark]] and Australia have declined in the last decade."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual peak], ''Daily Mail'', 2014</ref>]]
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''See also:'' [[Irreligious Australia and intelligence]]
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After [[WWII]], [[Australia]] has become a very [[secular]] country.<ref>Stephanie Painter, Vivienne Ryan and Bethany Hiatt, (15 June 2010). "[https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/7399215/australians-losing-the-faith/ Australians losing the faith]". Newspaper. West Australian Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2010</ref>
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According to the ''Sydney Morning Herald'':
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{{Cquote|Australia is one of the least devout countries in the Western world, although two-thirds of its population identifies itself as Christian, an international survey comparing religious expression in 21 countries has found.
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Religion does not play a central part in the lives of many Australians: 48 per cent of Australians surveyed said they did not partake in personal prayer and 52 per cent said they rarely attended a place of worship for religious reasons.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/world-youth-day/gods-ok-its-just-the-religion-bit-we-dont-like/2008/07/10/1215658037568.html God's OK, it's just the religion bit we don't like]</ref>}}
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In the 2011 Australian census, 22.3% of Australians (or 4,796,787 people) identified themselves as having "no religion" which was more than 3 percent higher (and 1,090,232 people more) than in the 2006 census and was the second largest category.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/0?opendocument&navpos=220 |title = 2011 Census QuickStats |date = 30 October 2012 | publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate = 2013-02-25}}</ref> Another 2.014 million (9.4%) were in the "not-stated or inadequately-defined" category: thus more than 31% of Australians did not state a religious affiliation in the 2011 census.<ref>[http://www.quazoo.com/q/Irreligion_in_Australia Irreligion in Ausralia]</ref>
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[[Australia]]'s national IQ is 98.<ref name="CountryIQ"/>
      
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