However, from that point forward Millennials have left behind religious affiliation in droves – seeing a seven point increase in just five years. That jumped four percentage points by 2012, but only inched up a single point to 38% between 20. But for each of these three previously mentioned generations, there’s been a steady increase, although that increase seems to have slowed significantly between 20.įor Millennials, that’s not the case. It’s worth pointing out that there’s a larger share of Gen X nones in 2021 than there were of Millennial nones in 2008. Generation X has jumped from a quarter nones in 2008 to thirty-six percent in 2021. For Boomers, the increase was from 17% to 26%. While just twelve percent of Silents were nones in 2008, that has risen fifty percent to 18% today. The graph above visualizes the share who were nones in 2008, 2012, 2016, 20 for each of the five generations mentioned previously. Is the rise of the nones accelerating equally among all generational cohorts or is it just happening among the youngest Americans? The answer is a bit nuanced. They are the first generation in history in which the nones clearly outnumber the Christians. Taken together, 36% of Gen Z are Christians, while 48% are nones. Seventeen percent of young people describe their religion as atheist or agnostic, and thirty-one percent say that they are attached to no religion in particular. Of course, the share of nones is much larger. Catholics make up fourteen percent of Gen Z, an eight percentage point dip from the Silent Generation. Just twenty-two percent of the youngest adults describe themselves as Protestant – a more than fifty percent decline from the Silents. Now, for Generation Z things are much different. In sum, the oldest Americans are 72% Christian and 18% none. Just eight percent of the Silent Generation say that they were atheists or agnostics and nearly the same share describe their religion as “nothing in particular” (10%). In this generation, half of all respondents indicated that they were Protestant, while 22% said that they were Catholic. Let’s start broadly, comparing the religious composition of different generations beginning with the Silent Generation (who were born between 19). Thus, here I am analyzing those between the ages of 18 and 25 years old. Because almost all surveys only contact adult Americans (18+), we can’t get a full picture of the entirety of Gen Z, but just the oldest members of this generation. It’s been nearly two years since I’ve written a post about the precarious religious position of Generation Z (those born after 1995), and with data from late 2021 available it seems like a prime opportunity to update what we know about their religious inclinations. Looking for an updated version of this post? Gen Z and Religion in 2022. The largest population of Christians (243 million) is found, incidentally, in the United States, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia, the Philippines, Nigeria and China.By Ryan P. There are 14 million Jews, and an estimated 58 million people - slightly less than 1 percent of the global population – belong to other religions, including the Baha’i faith, Jainism, Sikhism, Shintoism, Taoism, Tenrikyo, Wicca and Zoroastrianism, “to mention just a few,” the study says.Ībout half of all Christians in the world are Catholic, 37 percent are part of the Protestant tradition, 12 percent are Orthodox Greek or Russian. 400 million people (6 percent) practicing various folk or traditional religions, including African traditional religions, Chinese folk religions, American Indian religions and Australian aboriginal religions. 2.2 billion Christians (32 percent of the world’s population).Here’s the breakdown of “The Global Religious Landscape,” based on an analysis of more than 2,500 censuses, surveys and population registers: “There are 5.8 billion religiously affiliated adults and children around the globe, representing 84 percent of the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion,” the analysis states. “Worldwide, more than eight-in-ten people identify with a religious group,” says a new comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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