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Irreligion in Latin America

July 08, 2023

Irreligion in Latin America refers to various types of irreligion, including atheism, agnosticism, deism, secular humanism, secularism and non-religious. According to a Pew Research Center survey from 2014, 8% of the population is not affiliated with a religion.[1]

Central America

Costa Rica

According to World Religion Database, 3.42% is non-religious (atheist or agnostic).[2]Approximately, 27% of the Costa Rican population is irreligious, either non-practitioner, atheist or agnostic.[3]

Cuba

Estimates of the Cuban people without religion varies from 30% to 40%, the number of atheists also from 10% to 20%. As of the communism and Marxism-Leninism influence since 1960's decade.[citation needed]

Dominican Republic

Religiously unaffiliated people account 18% in Dominican Republic.[4]

El Salvador

According to World Religion Database, 2.57% is non-religious (atheist or agnostic).[5]

Guatemala

Main article: Irreligion in Guatemala

According to World Religion Database, 1.37% is non-religious (atheist or agnostic).[6] According to Spirit and Power Survey, 15% is non-believer or atheistic.[7] According to World Values Survey, 3.6% do not believe in God.[8] According to the national Survey Prodatos, in 2016,[9] 11% of population reported being non-religious. In 2002, according to nationwide surveys, 11.7% reported themselves as non-religious, while the metropolitan area they were 9.5%, in other regions the percent were substantially higher, being 15.4% in the northern-west and 17.7% in Peten.[10][11] By 1998-1999, the Department of Health survey found that 16% of population was irreligious.[12] In 2010 decade, Pew Center Research considered that only 5% or less into Guatemalan population is irreligious, this change of criteria could be influenced by the increasing of poverty from 51% to 59% between 2006 and 2014,[13] along the resistant conservative branch in the politic environment.

Haiti

In Haiti, only 1% is not religious.[14]

Honduras

According to World Religion Database, 2.04% is non-religious (atheist or agnostic).[15]

Mexico

Main article: Irreligion in Mexico

According to 2020 census by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), 8 percent of population is non-religious (5% of atheists convinced), increasing from 5 percent in 2010.[16][17] A survey question in 2006 by CID-Gallup about religious importance revealed that almost 30% of Mexican consider religion as not important. According to World Population Review, 38% of the Mexican population is irreligious.[18]

Nicaragua

Nicaragua experienced a growth of non-religious between census 1995 and 2005, were more than 15% were classified as none, and 3% classified as convinced atheist. According to free sources, nearly 20% of Nicaraguans are unaffiliated.

Panama

About 5% of Panamanians are irreligious (3% non-religious and 2% atheists).

Puerto Rico

Irreligion in Puerto Rico is relatively recent and has grown in recent years; about 11.1% of Puerto Ricans have no religion (6% non-religious and 5.1% atheists).

South America

Argentina

A survey conducted in August 2019 (CEIL/CONICET) reports that 18.9% of Argentines are non-religious, growing from 11% since 2008 report. It is observed that 81.9% believe in God and 18.1% do not. Ledges of Gender, age, education level and geographical location have all been cited as variables for irreligion, among men between 18 and 29, people with higher education and industrialized areas tend presence less belief in God roughly 83% and 89%.[19][20] A CID-Gallup poll affirms that 16% of the Argentine population claims to be irreligious (8% non-religious and 8% atheists). While a recent 2020 survey from Latinobarometro report an unexpected growth as high as 40% of population.

Bolivia

In Bolivia, a large majority of the population is religious, of which only 3% of the population is atheist, agnostic or non-religious. A study in the Sucre City estimated that 7% does not have religion (the least religious area of the country).[citation needed]

Brazil

Main article: Irreligion in Brazil

Although in Brazil a large majority of the population is religious, a revealed 2000 Census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) estimate 7.3% of the population being atheist, agnostic or non-religious. In 2010, the IBGE revealed an increased 8.3%, this tiny increment was because evangelical, religiously new age and afro-religions increasings.[21]

Chile

In Chile, the proportion of people who are religious dropped from 92% in 1995 to 71% in 2015 according to Latinobarometro. Almost 17% of Chileans are atheist and 12% non-religious. In September 2011, a group of atheists founded the Atheist Society of Chile (In Spanish: Sociedad Atea de Chile).[22] According to Latinbarometer poll in 2017 Chile is the second most irreligious country in South America after Uruguay with 38% of the population not following any religion.[23]

Colombia

According to national census studies, between 1997 and 2004 non-religious people increased from 2.2% to 7% but convinced atheists remain less than 1%. In 2009, Americas Barometer reported little changes and placed 6.1% of non-religious and atheists convinced almost 1%. There are atheist organizations in Metropolitan cities.

Ecuador

According to the National Statistics Institute of Ecuador in 2011, 8.05% of Ecuadorians are not religious (7.94% atheists and 0.11% agnostics). There are atheists and secular organizations in the capital city or Quito.

Paraguay

According to the 2012 Pew Global Religious Landscape study, 1.1% of Paraguayans are religiously unaffiliated.[24]

Peru

Main article: Irreligion in Peru

According to the 2017 Peruvian Census data, 5.1% of the Peruvian population older than 12 years old describes themselves as irreligious,[25] but some sources estimtate around 8% of population.[26]

The irreligious population is predominantly urban (85.5%) and masculine (61.4%), about breakdown ages, 40.4% of total irreligious are people within the ages 18 and 29, while only 11.8% is older than 50 years.[25]

According to WIN International Survey, supported by Datum Internacional, 92% of Peruvians expressed their belief in God, 72% considered themselves religious, 20% non-religious and only 3% declared themselves to be atheist.[27]

Uruguay

Main article: Irreligion in Uruguay

Uruguay is the most secularized nation in the Americas with the highest percent of atheists and agnostics.[28] 17.2% atheist or agnostic according to Uruguayan census.[29] While according to the most recent official survey approximately 58.1% of Uruguayans define themselves as Christian,[30] Many Uruguayans nominally describe themselves as Roman Catholics, but lifestyle is not affected by the religion.[31]

According to Kaufmann, E. (2010), 47% of Uruguayans are not religious, more than half are atheists or 25% and the other part is characterized of agnostics and non-religious,[32] according to national census 2007, 40% of Uruguayans were not religious, of which 23% claim believed in God but does not follow any religion and 17% are atheists or agnostics.[33]

Irreligion in Uruguay has a long history. During the 19th century, secularist political parties fought against the Catholic hegemony, although internally the society has been shallowly religious. Since 1919, the State is completely laicist or not confessional, and since 1920, Uruguayans have referred to Easter Week as "Tourism Week".[citation needed]

Venezuela

In Venezuela, secularization has been influencing the country specially in religious practicing since the industrialization during the 20th century, but since early twenty-first century, Protestants are also growing in the country. According to the University of Cambridge estimation, 11.7% of Venezuelans are without religion (atheists 6% and 5.7% of non-religious), also a national study estimated that 6% of Venezuelans are agnostics and 2% atheists, a total of 8% unaffiliated, being very popular into professional class according to the national investigation.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Religion in Latin America - Pew Research Center". 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ World Religion Database
  3. ^ Murillo, Alvaro (7 July 2021). "Encuesta CIEP-UCR evidencia a una Costa Rica estatista y menos religiosa". Semanario Universidad. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Religion in Latin America - Pew Research Center". 13 November 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ^ World Religion Database
  6. ^ World Religion Database 2020
  7. ^ Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in Guatemala - Analysis (Association of Religion Data Archives)
  8. ^ Believe in God World Values Survey 2017-2022 Wave
  9. ^ [https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/40/2022/06/SPANISH-GUATEMALA-2021-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT-final-CHECKED.pdf GUATEMALA 2021 INFORME INTERNACIONAL SOBRE LA LIBERTAD DE RELIGIÓN]
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  11. ^ [2] Informe de Desarrollo Humano, p.85-86
  12. ^ Spiritual and Power - A 10 countries surveys of Pentecostals Pew Forum Research (page 77, 78 and 79.)
  13. ^ "Pobreza sube a 59.3%: Son 9.6 millones de guatemaltecos los afectados".
  14. ^ "International Religious Freedom Report for 2014: Haiti". US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  15. ^ World Religion Database 2020
  16. ^ "Religion – Mexico Census". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). 2020.
  17. ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 – Cuestionario básico". INEGI. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  18. ^ "Most Atheist Countries 2022". World Population Review. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  19. ^ Creencias, valores y actitudes en la sociedad argentina, conicet.gov.ar, 29 January 2020 (Spanish)
  20. ^ Mallimaci, Fortunato; Esquivel, Juan Cruz; Irrazabal, Gabriela. (PDF). CEIL/CONICET. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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  22. ^ "Disminuyen los católicos y crecen los agnósticos en Chile". La segunda online. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  23. ^ "Cifra de chilenos que se declaran católicos bajó de 73% a 45% en la última década". 24 Horas.
  24. ^ "The Global Religious Landscape" (PDF). assets.pewresearch.org. 2012. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
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  26. ^ "La visita del Papa Francisco a nuestro país" (PDF). Compañía Peruana de Estudios de Mercados y Opinión Pública. February 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  27. ^ "3% of Peru identifies as atheist". 15 April 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  28. ^ (PDF). Pitzer.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  29. ^ Michael Martin (30 October 2006). The Cambridge Companion to Atheism. Cambridge University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-139-82739-3. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  30. ^ (PDF). National Institute of Statistics (in Spanish). INHA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  31. ^ Leslie Jermyn; Winnie Wong (2009). Uruguay. Marshall Cavendish. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7614-4482-4. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  32. ^ "Atheism to Defeat Religion By 2038". The Huffington Post. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  33. ^ . Archives.uruguay.usembassy.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Irreligion in Latin America refers to various types of irreligion including atheism agnosticism deism secular humanism secularism and non religious According to a Pew Research Center survey from 2014 8 of the population is not affiliated with a religion 1 Contents 1 Central America 1 1 Costa Rica 1 2 Cuba 1 3 Dominican Republic 1 4 El Salvador 1 5 Guatemala 1 6 Haiti 1 7 Honduras 1 8 Mexico 1 9 Nicaragua 1 10 Panama 1 11 Puerto Rico 2 South America 2 1 Argentina 2 2 Bolivia 2 3 Brazil 2 4 Chile 2 5 Colombia 2 6 Ecuador 2 7 Paraguay 2 8 Peru 2 9 Uruguay 2 10 Venezuela 3 See also 4 ReferencesCentral America EditCosta Rica Edit According to World Religion Database 3 42 is non religious atheist or agnostic 2 Approximately 27 of the Costa Rican population is irreligious either non practitioner atheist or agnostic 3 Cuba Edit Estimates of the Cuban people without religion varies from 30 to 40 the number of atheists also from 10 to 20 As of the communism and Marxism Leninism influence since 1960 s decade citation needed Dominican Republic Edit Religiously unaffiliated people account 18 in Dominican Republic 4 El Salvador Edit According to World Religion Database 2 57 is non religious atheist or agnostic 5 Guatemala Edit Main article Irreligion in Guatemala According to World Religion Database 1 37 is non religious atheist or agnostic 6 According to Spirit and Power Survey 15 is non believer or atheistic 7 According to World Values Survey 3 6 do not believe in God 8 According to the national Survey Prodatos in 2016 9 11 of population reported being non religious In 2002 according to nationwide surveys 11 7 reported themselves as non religious while the metropolitan area they were 9 5 in other regions the percent were substantially higher being 15 4 in the northern west and 17 7 in Peten 10 11 By 1998 1999 the Department of Health survey found that 16 of population was irreligious 12 In 2010 decade Pew Center Research considered that only 5 or less into Guatemalan population is irreligious this change of criteria could be influenced by the increasing of poverty from 51 to 59 between 2006 and 2014 13 along the resistant conservative branch in the politic environment Haiti Edit In Haiti only 1 is not religious 14 Honduras Edit According to World Religion Database 2 04 is non religious atheist or agnostic 15 Mexico Edit Main article Irreligion in Mexico According to 2020 census by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography INEGI 8 percent of population is non religious 5 of atheists convinced increasing from 5 percent in 2010 16 17 A survey question in 2006 by CID Gallup about religious importance revealed that almost 30 of Mexican consider religion as not important According to World Population Review 38 of the Mexican population is irreligious 18 Nicaragua Edit Nicaragua experienced a growth of non religious between census 1995 and 2005 were more than 15 were classified as none and 3 classified as convinced atheist According to free sources nearly 20 of Nicaraguans are unaffiliated Panama Edit About 5 of Panamanians are irreligious 3 non religious and 2 atheists Puerto Rico Edit Irreligion in Puerto Rico is relatively recent and has grown in recent years about 11 1 of Puerto Ricans have no religion 6 non religious and 5 1 atheists South America EditArgentina Edit A survey conducted in August 2019 CEIL CONICET reports that 18 9 of Argentines are non religious growing from 11 since 2008 report It is observed that 81 9 believe in God and 18 1 do not Ledges of Gender age education level and geographical location have all been cited as variables for irreligion among men between 18 and 29 people with higher education and industrialized areas tend presence less belief in God roughly 83 and 89 19 20 A CID Gallup poll affirms that 16 of the Argentine population claims to be irreligious 8 non religious and 8 atheists While a recent 2020 survey from Latinobarometro report an unexpected growth as high as 40 of population Bolivia Edit In Bolivia a large majority of the population is religious of which only 3 of the population is atheist agnostic or non religious A study in the Sucre City estimated that 7 does not have religion the least religious area of the country citation needed Brazil Edit Main article Irreligion in Brazil Although in Brazil a large majority of the population is religious a revealed 2000 Census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics IBGE estimate 7 3 of the population being atheist agnostic or non religious In 2010 the IBGE revealed an increased 8 3 this tiny increment was because evangelical religiously new age and afro religions increasings 21 Chile Edit In Chile the proportion of people who are religious dropped from 92 in 1995 to 71 in 2015 according to Latinobarometro Almost 17 of Chileans are atheist and 12 non religious In September 2011 a group of atheists founded the Atheist Society of Chile In Spanish Sociedad Atea de Chile 22 According to Latinbarometer poll in 2017 Chile is the second most irreligious country in South America after Uruguay with 38 of the population not following any religion 23 Colombia Edit According to national census studies between 1997 and 2004 non religious people increased from 2 2 to 7 but convinced atheists remain less than 1 In 2009 Americas Barometer reported little changes and placed 6 1 of non religious and atheists convinced almost 1 There are atheist organizations in Metropolitan cities Ecuador Edit According to the National Statistics Institute of Ecuador in 2011 8 05 of Ecuadorians are not religious 7 94 atheists and 0 11 agnostics There are atheists and secular organizations in the capital city or Quito Paraguay Edit According to the 2012 Pew Global Religious Landscape study 1 1 of Paraguayans are religiously unaffiliated 24 Peru Edit Main article Irreligion in Peru According to the 2017 Peruvian Census data 5 1 of the Peruvian population older than 12 years old describes themselves as irreligious 25 but some sources estimtate around 8 of population 26 The irreligious population is predominantly urban 85 5 and masculine 61 4 about breakdown ages 40 4 of total irreligious are people within the ages 18 and 29 while only 11 8 is older than 50 years 25 According to WIN International Survey supported by Datum Internacional 92 of Peruvians expressed their belief in God 72 considered themselves religious 20 non religious and only 3 declared themselves to be atheist 27 Uruguay Edit Main article Irreligion in Uruguay Uruguay is the most secularized nation in the Americas with the highest percent of atheists and agnostics 28 17 2 atheist or agnostic according to Uruguayan census 29 While according to the most recent official survey approximately 58 1 of Uruguayans define themselves as Christian 30 Many Uruguayans nominally describe themselves as Roman Catholics but lifestyle is not affected by the religion 31 According to Kaufmann E 2010 47 of Uruguayans are not religious more than half are atheists or 25 and the other part is characterized of agnostics and non religious 32 according to national census 2007 40 of Uruguayans were not religious of which 23 claim believed in God but does not follow any religion and 17 are atheists or agnostics 33 Irreligion in Uruguay has a long history During the 19th century secularist political parties fought against the Catholic hegemony although internally the society has been shallowly religious Since 1919 the State is completely laicist or not confessional and since 1920 Uruguayans have referred to Easter Week as Tourism Week citation needed Venezuela Edit In Venezuela secularization has been influencing the country specially in religious practicing since the industrialization during the 20th century but since early twenty first century Protestants are also growing in the country According to the University of Cambridge estimation 11 7 of Venezuelans are without religion atheists 6 and 5 7 of non religious also a national study estimated that 6 of Venezuelans are agnostics and 2 atheists a total of 8 unaffiliated being very popular into professional class according to the national investigation citation needed See also EditIrreligion Irreligion in Mexico Irreligion in the United States AtheistReferences Edit Religion in Latin America Pew Research Center 13 November 2014 World Religion Database Murillo Alvaro 7 July 2021 Encuesta CIEP UCR evidencia a una Costa Rica estatista y menos religiosa Semanario Universidad Retrieved 8 July 2021 Religion in Latin America Pew Research Center 13 November 2014 Retrieved 17 October 2018 World Religion Database World Religion Database 2020 Spirit and Power Survey of Pentecostals in Guatemala Analysis Association of Religion Data Archives Believe in God World Values Survey 2017 2022 Wave https uploads mwp mprod getusinfo com uploads sites 40 2022 06 SPANISH GUATEMALA 2021 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT final CHECKED pdf GUATEMALA 2021 INFORME INTERNACIONAL SOBRE LA LIBERTAD DE RELIGIoN 1 Guttmacher Institute p 33 2 Informe de Desarrollo Humano p 85 86 Spiritual and Power A 10 countries surveys of Pentecostals Pew Forum Research page 77 78 and 79 Pobreza sube a 59 3 Son 9 6 millones de guatemaltecos los afectados International Religious Freedom Report for 2014 Haiti US Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor 2014 Retrieved 12 May 2016 World Religion Database 2020 Religion Mexico Census Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia INEGI 2020 Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2010 Cuestionario basico INEGI Retrieved March 4 2011 Most Atheist Countries 2022 World Population Review Retrieved February 27 2022 Creencias valores y actitudes en la sociedad 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