Christianity in The United Kingdom - Statistics

Statistics

The statistics from Census 2001 for current religion (not religion of upbringing where also asked) and the corresponding statistics released to date from Census 2011 are set out in the tables below.

Religion (2001) England Wales England and Wales Scotland Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Christianity 35,251,244 71.7 2,087,242 71.9 37,338,486 71.8 3,294,545 65.1 40,633,031 71.2 1,446,386 85.8 42,079,417 71.6
Islam 1,524,887 3.1 21,739 0.7 1,546,626 3.0 42,557 0.8 1,589,183 2.8 1,943 0.1 1,591,126 2.7
Hinduism 546,982 1.1 5,439 0.2 552,421 1.1 5,564 0.1 557,985 1.0 825 0.1 558,810 1.0
Sikhism 327,343 0.7 2,015 0.1 329,358 0.6 6,572 0.1 335,930 0.6 219 0.0 336,149 0.6
Judaism 257,671 0.5 2,256 0.1 259,927 0.5 6,448 0.1 266,375 0.5 365 0.0 266,740 0.5
Buddhism 139,046 0.3 5,407 0.2 144,453 0.3 6,830 0.1 151,283 0.3 533 0.0 151,816 0.3
Other religion 143,811 0.3 6,909 0.2 150,720 0.3 26,974 0.5 177,694 0.3 1,143 0.1 178,837 0.3
Total non-Christian religion 2,939,740 6.0 43,765 1.5 2,983,505 5.7 94,945 1.9 3,078,450 5.4 5,028 0.3 3,083,478 5.2
No religion 7,171,332 14.6 537,935 18.5 7,709,267 14.8 1,394,460 27.6 9,103,727 15.9 no data no data
Religion not stated 3,776,515 7.7 234,143 8.1 4,010,658 7.7 278,061 5.5 4,288,719 7.5 no data no data
No religion and Religion not stated 10,947,847 22.3 772,078 26.6 11,719,925 22.5 1,672,521 33.0 13,392,446 23.5 233,853 13.9 13,626,299 23.2
Total population 49,138,831 100.0 2,903,085 100.0 52,041,916 100.0 5,062,011 100.0 57,103,927 100.0 1,685,267 100.0 58,789,194 100.0
Religion (2011) England Wales England and Wales Scotland Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Christianity 31,479,876 59.4 1,763,299 57.6 33,243,175 59.3 no data no data 1,490,588 82.3 no data
Islam 2,660,116 5.0 45,950 1.5 2,706,066 4.8 no data no data no data no data
Hinduism 806,199 1.5 10,434 0.3 816,633 1.5 no data no data no data no data
Sikhism 420,196 0.8 2,962 0.1 423,158 0.8 no data no data no data no data
Judaism 261,282 0.5 2,064 0.1 263,346 0.5 no data no data no data no data
Buddhism 238,626 0.5 9,117 0.3 247,743 0.4 no data no data no data no data
Other religion 227,825 0.4 12,705 0.4 240,530 0.4 no data no data no data no data
Total non-Christian religion 4,614,244 8.7 83,232 2.7 4,697,476 8.4 no data no data 14,859 0.8 no data
No religion 13,114,232 24.7 982,997 32.1 14,097,229 25.1 no data no data 183,164 10.1 no data
Religion not stated 3,804,104 7.2 233,928 7.6 4,038,032 7.2 no data no data 122,252 6.8 no data
No religion and Religion not stated 16,918,336 31.9 1,216,925 39.7 18,135,261 32.3 no data no data 305,416 16.9 no data
Total population 53,012,456 100.0 3,063,456 100.0 56,075,912 100.0 no data no data 1,810,863 100.0 no data

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