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Growth of global desecularization (view source)
Revision as of 04:38, September 16, 2022
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''See also:'' [[Asian atheism]] and [[East Asia and global desecularization]] and [[Future of atheism in China]] and [[Growth of evangelical Christianity in irreligious regions]]
''See also:'' [[Asian atheism]] and [[East Asia and global desecularization]] and [[Future of atheism in China]] and [[Growth of evangelical Christianity in irreligious regions]]
[[China]] has the largest atheist population in the world and most of the world's atheists are [[East Asia]]ns (see: [[Asian atheism]]). Due to the below replacement level of fertility among atheists/nonreligious (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]), [[China]] is facing a demographic crisis and a shrinking population (see: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTbILK0fxDY Demography — China's Reckoning]). In 2022, the historian [[Niall Ferguson]] indicated that [[China]]'s population is projected to drop by 50-75% by the end of the century.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2vqnpXWM0Y&t=601s Niall Ferguson on the projected drop of China's population in the 21st century]</ref>
According to the global news website Quartz:
According to the global news website Quartz:
{{cquote[[Atheists]], agnostics, and other [[Nones|religious non-affiliates]] are a dying breed in Asia. According to a [http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/27/32-27.pdf Pew Research Center study] released last week, Asia’s shrinking pool of men and women who don’t identify with any religion are driving a drop in the proportion of “religious nones” in the world.
{{cquote[[Atheists]], agnostics, and other [[Nones|religious non-affiliates]] are a dying breed in Asia. According to a [http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol32/27/32-27.pdf Pew Research Center study] released last week, Asia’s shrinking pool of men and women who don’t identify with any religion are driving a drop in the proportion of “religious nones” in the world.
The percentage of the unaffiliated in Asia Pacific—home to about 76% of the world’s unaffiliated—will fall to 17% in 2050 from 21%, Pew estimates. ...this drop in Asia and the growth of religious communities elsewhere will mean the unaffiliated will make up only 13% of the world’s population in 2050, down from 16% in 2010.<ref>[http://qz.com/377065/across-the-asia-pacific-the-population-of-atheists-and-agnostics-is-shrinking/ Across the Asia Pacific, the population of atheists and agnostics is shrinking]</ref>}}
The percentage of the unaffiliated in Asia Pacific—home to about 76% of the world’s unaffiliated—will fall to 17% in 2050 from 21%, Pew estimates. ...this drop in Asia and the growth of religious communities elsewhere will mean the unaffiliated will make up only 13% of the world’s population in 2050, down from 16% in 2010.<ref>[http://qz.com/377065/across-the-asia-pacific-the-population-of-atheists-and-agnostics-is-shrinking/ Across the Asia Pacific, the population of atheists and agnostics is shrinking]</ref>
== Desecularization and aging populations in the developed world ==
== Desecularization and aging populations in the developed world ==