Statistics
| Scotland religiosity (2001) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of Scotland | 42.4% | |||
| No religion | 27.6% | |||
| Roman Catholic | 15.9% | |||
| Other Christian | 6.8% | |||
| No response | 5.5% | |||
| Other religions | 1% | |||
| Islam | 0.8% | |||
| Religious affiliation in Scotland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion/Denomination | Current religion | % | Religion of upbringing | % |
| Church of Scotland | 2,146,251 | 42.4 | 2,392,601 | 47.3 |
| No Religion | 1,394,460 | 27.6 | 887,221 | 17.5 |
| Roman Catholic | 803,732 | 15.9 | 859,503 | 17 |
| Other Christian | 344,562 | 6.8 | 424,221 | 8.4 |
| No response | 278,061 | 5.5 | 422,862 | 8.4 |
| Islam | 42,557 | 0.8 | 42,264 | 0.8 |
| Other Religion | 26,974 | 0.6 | 8,447 | 0.2 |
| Buddhism | 6,830 | 0.1 | 4,704 | 0.1 |
| Sikhism | 6,572 | 0.1 | 6,821 | 0.1 |
| Judaism | 6,448 | 0.1 | 7,446 | 0.1 |
| Hinduism | 5,564 | 0.1 | 5,921 | 0.1 |
| Base/Total | 5,062,011 | 100 | 5,062,011 | 100 |
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