# Demographics on Forumosa: religion **URL:** \ **Category:** Living in Taiwan\ **Tags:** poll, demographics\ **Created:** [November 5, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102 "2018-11-05T05:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tando](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@tando](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tando)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/109 "2018-11-07T02:47:05Z")
At this moment, atheist is the largest group. Is this consistent with other demographics? ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hanna/32/24014_2.png) [@Hanna](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/110 "2018-11-07T02:47:59Z")
> [@tando](#): > > Is this consistent with other demographics? It’s certainly consistent with the trend of the world at large. Atheism is on the up and faith is on the decline. ---
**Author:** ![tando](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@tando](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tando)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/111 "2018-11-07T03:12:20Z")
According to Wikipedia > A 2004 survey by the BBC in 10 countries showed the proportion of the population “who don’t believe in God” to be close to 17% in the countries surveyed, however, 8% of the respondents specifically stated that they consider themselves to be “atheists”. The above is more than 10 years ago, but from 8% to 35% is a great increase. > A survey based on a self-selected sample of biological and physical scientists of the [National Academy of Sciences](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Sciences) in the United States found that 7% believed in the existence of God, 72.2% did not, and 20.8% were agnostic or had doubts At the moment, the largest group in the occupation demographics is STE(M) people, so this may be consistent. ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/112 "2018-11-07T03:38:52Z")
> [@Hanna](#): > > It’s certainly consistent with the trend of the world at large. Atheism is on the up and faith is on the decline. Not true. The Western world, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hanna/32/24014_2.png) [@Hanna](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/113 "2018-11-07T03:53:06Z")
Oops. I must have misread. What of the rest of the world? Roughly the same or going up/down? ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/114 "2018-11-07T03:58:46Z")
In general, populations are going up there compared to the West, and they are still predominantly religious countries. So overall the % of religious people overall should keep rising ---
**Author:** ![RickRoll](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rickroll/32/180921_2.png) [@RickRoll](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRoll)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/115 "2018-11-07T12:33:54Z")
It is, if your compare it to every single other option in the questionnaire. And the more religions we add, the bigger the difference. To be fair, your should compare Atheist votes with all other options votes combined (maybe excluding others), or change the question to “Do you believe in any deity? Yes or No?” ---
**Author:** ![Dawud](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Dawud](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dawud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/116 "2018-11-07T23:37:49Z")
Those of you who clicked “other”–what are you? Which religions did the poll miss? ---
**Author:** ![tando](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@tando](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tando)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102/117 "2018-11-07T23:46:42Z")
> [@tando](#): > > others including everything else (Sikh/animism/apatheist/Jains/etc) I’m close to apatheist. If here are Japanese people, Shinto was missed? [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/demographics-on-forumosa-religion/174102.md?page=2)