 clipped from www.gadling.com1. Sweden (up to 85% non-believer, atheist, agnostic) Israel, ranking 19th, with up to 37% claiming to be non-believer, atheist, agnostic. Compare that with the US, ranking 44th, with 3-9% non-believers, atheists, agnostics. "high levels of organic atheism are strongly correlated with high levels of societal health, such as low homicide rates, low poverty rates, low infant mortality rates, and low illiteracy rates, as well as high levels of educational attainment, per capita income, and gender equality. Most nations characterized by high degrees of individual and societal security have the highest rates of organic atheism
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Country Total Pop.(2004) %Atheist/Agnostic/Nonbeliever
11 Germany 82,425,000 41-49%
12 Russia 143,782,000 24-48%
13 Hungary 10,032,000 32-46%
14 Netherlands 16,318,000 39-44%
15 Britain 60,271,000 31-44%
16 Belgium 10,348,000 42-43%
17 Bulgaria 7,518,000 34-40%
18 Slovenia 2,011,000 35-38%
19 Israel 6,199,000 15-37%
20 Canada 32,508,000 19-30%
http://www.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/zuckerman/atheism.html
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