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[[Global atheism]] is facing significant challenges in terms of its aging populations and it is expected to shrink in terms of its market share of the world's population (see: [[Desecularization]]). | [[Global atheism]] is facing significant challenges in terms of its aging populations and it is expected to shrink in terms of its market share of the world's population (see: [[Desecularization]]). | ||
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| + | The cause of many irreligious countries having aging populations is their sub-replacement fertility rates. | ||
| + | Michael Blume, a researcher at the University of Jena in Germany, wrote about the sub-replacement level of fertility among [[Atheist Population|atheistic populations]]: "Most societies or communities that have espoused atheistic beliefs have not survived more than a century."<ref>[http://www.scilogs.eu/en/blog/biology-of-religion/2011-01-06/atheists-a-dying-breed-as-nature-favours-faithful-sunday-times-jan-02-2011-jonathan-leake-full-draft-version Atheist: A dying breed as nature favours faithful]</ref> Blume also indicated concerning concerning his research on this matter: "What I found was the complete lack of a single case of a secular population, community or movement that would just manage to retain replacement level."<ref>[http://www.scilogs.eu/en/blog/biology-of-religion/2011-01-06/atheists-a-dying-breed-as-nature-favours-faithful-sunday-times-jan-02-2011-jonathan-leake-full-draft-version Atheist: A dying breed as nature favours faithful]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and sexuality]] | ||
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| + | The ''Washington Post'' wrote about the United States and fertility rates for various religious groups: | ||
| + | {{Cquote|According to Pew's data, the average Mormon can expect to make 3.4 babies in his or her lifetime. Jews, Catholics, and most flavors of Protestantism have fertility rates ranging from 2 to 2.5. At the low end of the baby-making spectrum you've got atheists, with 1.6 kids, and [[agnosticism|agnostics]], who average only 1.3.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/12/charted-the-religions-that-make-the-most-babies/ Charted: The religions that make the most babies], Washington Post</ref>}} | ||
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== China's aging population == | == China's aging population == | ||
Revision as of 18:38, June 16, 2016
The current global atheist population mostly resides in East Asia (particularly China) and in secular Europe/Australia primarily among whites.[1] See: Asian atheism and European atheism and 21st century decline and Western atheism and race
Global atheism is facing significant challenges in terms of its aging populations and it is expected to shrink in terms of its market share of the world's population (see: Desecularization).
The cause of many irreligious countries having aging populations is their sub-replacement fertility rates. Michael Blume, a researcher at the University of Jena in Germany, wrote about the sub-replacement level of fertility among atheistic populations: "Most societies or communities that have espoused atheistic beliefs have not survived more than a century."[2] Blume also indicated concerning concerning his research on this matter: "What I found was the complete lack of a single case of a secular population, community or movement that would just manage to retain replacement level."[3] See also: Atheism and sexuality
The Washington Post wrote about the United States and fertility rates for various religious groups:
| “ | According to Pew's data, the average Mormon can expect to make 3.4 babies in his or her lifetime. Jews, Catholics, and most flavors of Protestantism have fertility rates ranging from 2 to 2.5. At the low end of the baby-making spectrum you've got atheists, with 1.6 kids, and agnostics, who average only 1.3.[4] | ” |
China's aging population
China has the largest atheists population in the world (see: Atheist population). The Chinese population is rapidly aging, due to a lower mortality rate and its former one child policy. This will lead to a pension problem for the Chinese government.[5] See: Asian atheism
Like most religious conservatives within Abrahamic religions, Evangelical Christians do have higher than replacement levels of births (see: Desecularization). China's demographics in terms of the age of its population due to the rapid growth of evangelical Christianity in China (see: Growth of Christianity in China).
Secular Europe and its countries aging populations
See: Growth of global desecularization
As far as secular Europe, in 2014, the Pew Research Forum indicated that Europe will go from 11% of the world's population to 7% of the world's population by 2050.[6] This is due to secular populations having sub-replacement fertility rates.[7]
Europe's aging population is a serious issue and it will stress its various pension systems.[8]
Notes
- ↑ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live, By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post, May 23, 2013
- ↑ Atheist: A dying breed as nature favours faithful
- ↑ Atheist: A dying breed as nature favours faithful
- ↑ Charted: The religions that make the most babies, Washington Post
- ↑ China's aging population
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kochhar, Rakesh (February 3, 2014). "10 projections for the global population in 2050". FactTank/Pew Research Center website.
- ↑ Leake, Jonathan (January 2, 2011). "Atheists a dying breed as nature 'favours faithful'". London Times website.
- ↑ Looming pension crisis