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[[File:Blue Marble.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|[[Atheism]] is in decline worldwide, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world’s population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020.<ref name="cnsnews.com">[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref> See: [[Global atheism]] ]]
[[File:Blue Marble.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|[[Atheism]] is in decline worldwide, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world's population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020.<ref name="cnsnews.com">[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref> See: [[Global atheism]] ]]
[[Demography]] is the study of human populations, and is a major specialty in the disciplines of sociology, economics, history, geography, statistics and epidemiology.
[[Demography]] is the study of human populations, and is a major specialty in the disciplines of sociology, economics, history, geography, statistics and epidemiology.
==== 2100 projection by Dr. Todd M. Johnson ====
==== 2100 projection 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>
=== Pew Research on global atheism ===
=== Pew Research on global atheism ===