| | *[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> On March 15, 2024, Frontier Partners International reported concerning [[global atheism]]: "Simultaneously, atheism, which once saw a peak around 1970 with 165 million adherents, is on the decline. The current growth trend for atheism is -0.12 percent, with their number falling from 147 million in 2020 to 146 million in 2024."<ref>[https://www.frontierpartners.org/global-christianity-surges Global Christianity surges beyond projections in 2024], LiCAS.news • Mar 15, 2024, Frontiers Partners International, 2024</ref> The world's atheists have a below replacement level of births (See: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]). See also: [[Global atheism statistics]] and [[Desecularization]] | | *[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> On March 15, 2024, Frontier Partners International reported concerning [[global atheism]]: "Simultaneously, atheism, which once saw a peak around 1970 with 165 million adherents, is on the decline. The current growth trend for atheism is -0.12 percent, with their number falling from 147 million in 2020 to 146 million in 2024."<ref>[https://www.frontierpartners.org/global-christianity-surges Global Christianity surges beyond projections in 2024], LiCAS.news • Mar 15, 2024, Frontiers Partners International, 2024</ref> The world's atheists have a below replacement level of births (See: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]). See also: [[Global atheism statistics]] and [[Desecularization]] |
| − | The latest attempt to enumerate the number of atheists by secular sociologists was 400 million nonreligious or atheistic people as of 2016.<ref>Phil Zuckerman, Luke Galen, Frank Pasquale. 2016. "Secularity around the World". Oxford University Press. pp. 30–52.</ref> | + | The latest attempt to enumerate the number of atheists in the world by secular sociologists was 400 million nonreligious or atheistic people as of 2016.<ref>Phil Zuckerman, Luke Galen, Frank Pasquale. 2016. "Secularity around the World". Oxford University Press. pp. 30–52.</ref> |