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=== Global decline of atheism  ===

=== Global decline of atheism  ===

''See also:'' [[Atheism and diversity]] and [[Atheism and culture]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and diversity]] and [[Atheism and culture]]

[[File: Blue Marble.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Atheism is in [[Global atheism|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>]]

[[File:Blue Marble.jpg|thumbnail|right|175px|Atheism is in decline worldwide in terms of number of atheists and the percentage of atheists in world.<ref>

*[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2025/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2025.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity, 2025, in the Context of 1900–2050] (831,000 less atheists in the world than a year ago.

*[https://gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/04/StatusofGlobalChristianity20191.pdf Status of Global Atheism/Christianity/other religions, 2019, in the Context of 1900–2050]</ref>  

See: [[Global atheism statistics]] ]]

 

Atheists as a percentage of the world's population have declined since 1970 and global atheism is expected to face long-term decline.<ref>

Atheists as a percentage of the world's population have declined since 1970 and global atheism is expected to face long-term decline.<ref>

*[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-world-is-turning-more-religious-atheism-declining-100518/ Study: World is becoming more religious]

*[http://www.christianpost.com/news/study-world-is-turning-more-religious-atheism-declining-100518/ Study: World is becoming more religious]