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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku  |
Sorry those figures for the UK are not the number of Atheists - They come from the Annual British Social Attitudes Survey (BSAS) and are based on the answer to the question "Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion?" - The latest figure I have access to is the 2006 figure where 44.77% say they don't belong to a particular religion - This is not the same as being an Atheist and doesn't preclude belief in God, Gods or other higher powers.
The BSAS did ask a question about this in 2000 , where 12.27% said they had no belief in God or a higher power, with another 14.65% who didn't know . The No religious affiliation figure for 2000 was 39.5% .
These figures are in line with the Census figures from the following year which I posted earlier