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[[East Asia]], which ahas a large secular population, is headed for a big population decline.<ref>[https://www.wya.net/op-ed/asias-rapidly-declining-population-growth-implications-for-the-region/ Asia’s Rapidly Declining Population Growth: Implications for the Region'], World Youth Alliance</ref> See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]

[[East Asia]], which ahas a large secular population, is headed for a big population decline.<ref>[https://www.wya.net/op-ed/asias-rapidly-declining-population-growth-implications-for-the-region/ Asia’s Rapidly Declining Population Growth: Implications for the Region'], World Youth Alliance</ref> See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]

One of the steepest declines of atheism that is expected to occur is in [[China]] which currently has the largest atheist population in the world. China is experiencing an explosive growth of theologically [[conservative]] [[Christianity]] which will have a significant effect on the global atheist population.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2014/04/7-reasons-why-chinese-creationist.html 10 reasons why biblical Christianity will flood the UK in the 21st century]</ref> To see the magnitude of the explosive growth of Christianity in China, look at [https://www.dw.com/en/in-xi-we-trust-is-china-cracking-down-on-christianity/a-42224752 this graph about the growth of Christianity in China] in a DW news story about Chinese Christianity (DW is a mainstream news outlet in Germany).

One of the steepest declines of atheism that is expected to occur is in [[China]] which currently has the largest atheist population in the world. 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>

 

China is also experiencing an explosive growth of theologically [[conservative]] [[Christianity]] which will have a significant effect on the global atheist population.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2014/04/7-reasons-why-chinese-creationist.html 10 reasons why biblical Christianity will flood the UK in the 21st century]</ref> To see the magnitude of the explosive growth of Christianity in China, look at [https://www.dw.com/en/in-xi-we-trust-is-china-cracking-down-on-christianity/a-42224752 this graph about the growth of Christianity in China] in a DW news story about Chinese Christianity (DW is a mainstream news outlet in Germany).

In 2020, ''The Economist'' published an article entitled ''Protestant Christianity is booming in China'' which indicated:

In 2020, ''The Economist'' published an article entitled ''Protestant Christianity is booming in China'' which indicated: