Atheism

=== United States ===

[[File:Atheismsymbol endorsed by AAI.svg|thumb|right|upright=0.6|Symbol of atheism endorsed by the [[Atheist Alliance International]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://atheistzone.com/|title=Atheist Zone|access-date=May 23, 2023|archive-date=May 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518005431/https://atheistzone.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atheistalliance.org/secular/articles/v12n3_conventionpt5.pdf |title=PDF of the Secular Nation article "A Conventioneer's Delight! Pt 5 of 5" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121031350/http://atheistalliance.org//secular/articles/v12n3_conventionpt5.pdf |archive-date=2008-11-21}}</ref>]]
According to the [[World Values Survey]], 4.4% of Americans self-identified as atheists in 2014.<ref name="WVS">{{cite web |title=WVS Database |url=http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSOnline.jsp |website=World Values Survey |publisher=Institute for Comparative Survey Research |date=March 2015 |access-date=January 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105141038/http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSOnline.jsp |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the same survey showed that 11.1% of all respondents stated "no" when asked if they believed in God.<ref name="WVS" /> According to a 2014 report by the Pew Research Center, 3.1% of the US adult population identify as atheist, up from 1.6% in 2007; and within the religiously unaffiliated (or "no religion") demographic, atheists made up 13.6%.<ref>[http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ America's Changing Religious Landscape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410223438/https://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ |date=April 10, 2019 }}, Pew Research Center, May 12, 2015.</ref> According to the 2015 General Sociological Survey the number of atheists and agnostics in the US has remained relatively flat in the past 23 years since in 1991 only 2% identified as atheist and 4% identified as agnostic and in 2014 only 3% identified as atheists and 5% identified as agnostics.<ref name="GSS 2014">{{cite web |last1=Hout |first1=Michael |last2=Smith |first2=Tom W. |title=Fewer Americans Affiliate with Organized Religions, Belief and Practice Unchanged: Key Findings from the 2014 General Social Survey |url=http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS%20Reports/GSS_Religion_2014.pdf |website=General Social Survey |publisher=NORC |date=March 2015 |access-date=July 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713122450/http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS%20Reports/GSS_Religion_2014.pdf |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to the American Family Survey, 34% were found to be religiously unaffiliated in 2017 (23% 'nothing in particular', 6% agnostic, 5% atheist).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/nones-are-now-the-biggest-religious-group-in-the-us-with-families-torn-on-priorities/118935.htm |title='Nones' are now the biggest religious group in the US – with families torn on priorities |website=www.christiantoday.com |date=November 17, 2017 |language=en |access-date=December 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140155/https://www.christiantoday.com/article/nones-are-now-the-biggest-religious-group-in-the-us-with-families-torn-on-priorities/118935.htm |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/american-family-survey/2017 |title=DN American Family Survey 2017 |website=DeseretNews.com |language=en |access-date=December 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206144335/https://www.deseretnews.com/american-family-survey/2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the Pew Research Center, in 2014, 22.8% of the American population does not identify with a religion, including atheists (3.1%) and agnostics (4%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ |title=America's Changing Religious Landscape |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]: Religion & Public Life |date=May 12, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410223438/https://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to a PRRI survey, 24% of the population is unaffiliated. Atheists and agnostics combined make up about a quarter of this unaffiliated demographic.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.prri.org/research/american-religious-landscape-christian-religiously-unaffiliated/ |title=America's Changing Religious Identity |work=PRRI |access-date=December 16, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131052457/https://www.prri.org/research/american-religious-landscape-christian-religiously-unaffiliated/ |archive-date=January 31, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to a 2023 [[Pew Research Center]] study, 28% of Americans are religiously unaffiliated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alper |first=Gregory A. Smith, Patricia Tevington, Justin Nortey, Michael Rotolo, Asta Kallo and Becka A. |date=2024-01-24 |title=Religious ‘Nones’ in America: Who They Are and What They Believe |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/01/24/religious-nones-in-america-who-they-are-and-what-they-believe/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |language=en-US}}</ref>