20 Countries With The Most Atheists In The World, Asia Dominates The List

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JAKARTA - Everyone has the right to embrace their respective religions. Religion is personal, because it involves spiritual relations between humans and God. Even so, there are also countries that make religion the main guide of their law.

However, in reality, not everyone in this world believes in religion and God. There are several countries whose population doesn't believe in God the most or is often called adherents of atheism.

It is believed that the understanding of atheism itself has existed since ancient Greek times. According to Julian Baggini in his book, Athism in History (2021), since the past there have been many humans who do not believe in God.

Curious which countries have the most atheist population in the world? This is a list of 20 countries with the most athetic populations, based on data from the Pew Research Center's Religious Competition by Country released in 2022, as reported by the Yahoo! Finance page.

1. Czech Republic

Population Number: 10.5 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 78.4 Percent

2. North Korea

Population Number: 26.26 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 71.3 Percent

3. Estonia

Population Number: 1.32 Million Population Percentage Ateis: 60.2 Percent

4. Japan

Population Number: 122.47 Million Population Percentage Ateis: 60 Percent

5. Hong Kong

Population Number: 7.49 Million Population Percentage Ateis: 54.7 Percent

6. China

Population Number: 1.425 Billion People At Ateist Population Percentage: 51.8 Percent

7. South Korea

Population Number: 51.73 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 46.6 Percent

8. Latvia

Population Number: 1.81 Million Population Percentage Ateis: 45.3 Percent

9. Netherlands

Population Number: 17.68 Million People Ateist Population Percentage: 44.3 Percent

10. Uruguay

Population Number: 3.42 Million Population Percentage Ateis: 41.5 Percent

11. New Zealand

Population Number: 5.28 Million Population Percentage Ateis: 39.6 Percent

12. Mongolia

Population Number: 3.5 Million People Ateist Population Percentage: 36.5 Percent

13. France

Population Number: 64.91 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 31.9 Percent

14. England

Population Number: 68.07 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 31.2 Percent

15. Belgium

Population Number: 11.72 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 31 Percent

16. Vietnam

Population Number: 99.65 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 29.9 Percent

17. Sweden

Population Summary: 10.69 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 29 Percent

18. Australia

Population Number: 26.76 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 28.6 Percent

19. Belarus

Population Number: 9.44 Million People At Ateist Population Percentage: 28.6 Percent

20. Luxembourg

Population Summary: 663,217 Ateis Population Percentage: 26.7 percent.