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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