Irreligion in the United Kingdom United Kingdom: 25,273,945 – 37.8% (2021 ) England : 20,715,664 – 36.7% (2021)[ 1] Scotland : 2,780,900 – 51.1% (2022)[ 2] Wales : 1,446,398 – 46.5% (2021)[ 1] Northern Ireland : 330,983 – 17.4% (2021)[ note 1] [ 3] Irreligion : (including atheism , agnosticism , etc. )Note
^ Includes No Religion, Jedi Knight , Agnostic, Atheist, Humanist, Free Thinker and 'No religion: Other'
Religion in the United Kingdom (2015 research)[ 4]
None (52%)
Other Christian (13.2%)
Other religions (3.6%)
Not stated (2.1%)
Irreligion in the United Kingdom is more prevalent than in some parts of Europe, with about 8% indicating they were atheistic in 2018,[ 5] and 52% listing their religion as "none".[ 4] A third of Anglicans polled in a 2013 survey doubted the existence of God, while 15% of those with no religion believed in some higher power, and deemed themselves "spiritual" or even "religious".[ 6]
^ a b "Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021" . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 29 November 2022 .
^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data" . Scotland's Census . National Records of Scotland . 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024 . Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Religion'
^ "MS-B21: Religion" . Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency . 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023 .
^ a b "United Kingdom" . Association of Religion Data Archives . 2015. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020 .
^ Being Christian in Western Europe, Pew Research 2018 https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/05/29/being-christian-in-western-europe/
^ Linda Woodhead, “No Religion” is the New Religion , Westminster Faith Debates, 2013; The Rise of ‘No Religion’ in Britain: The Emergence of a New Cultural Majority , Journal of the British Academy , 2016.