Irreligion in Kazakhstan

According to the 2021 census, only 2.25% of the population said they were Atheist, a decrease from the 2009 Census.[1] According to one study, Atheists constituted 18.8% of those who participated in the 2019 study, which was conducted by a government-affiliated think tank. However, another 2019 CRA study shows that 92.8 percent of the population self-identified as religious.[2][3][4][5][6]

Religious affiliation of the population of Kazakhstan
(estimate 2020[7])
Religious affiliation of the respondersPopulation
Share
of the population
%
Islam12,870,00070.19
Christianity4,130,00026.17
Judaism< 10,0000.03
Buddhism60,0000.09
Other religions90,0000.19
No religion720,0002.81
Did not answer< 10,0000.51
Total17,880,000100.00
Religious affiliation of ethnic groups in Kazakhstan
(preliminary results of the 2009 census[8])
Ethnic groupIslamChristianityJudaismBuddhismother religionsunbelieversdid not answertotal
Kazakhs99287053917219297491612985112608510096763
Russians54277347674814527301011230935286113793764
Uzbeks45266817943428781673722 456997
Ukrainians31343021991084974243293138333031
Uighurs221007114234336313771057224713
Tatars162496209134758123165694023204229
Germans28271455568966192249054774178409
Koreans52564954321111446138286155176100385
Turks96172290762032119997015
Azerbaijanis808642139161624158664785292
Belarusians5265993625920519876266476
Dungan513881914151917914851944
Kurds37667203116928514438325
Tajiks35473331263030712836277
Poles2353067514445248659834057
Chechens29448940631665336531431
Kirghiz2250020666435220023274
Other nationalities545338225412861433210132664233157215
All:11239176421423252811466336884515478101016009597
Share of nonbelievers by rayons and cities 2009

See also

References
  1. https://cabar.asia/en/how-the-number-of-believers-changed-in-kazakhstan.
  2. "Казахстан-Спектр №1 - 2019 год". Archived from the original on 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  3. "Чем атеисты Казахстана отличаются от верующих - исследование".
  4. "Люди без религии. В Казахстане растет количество атеистов". September 2019.
  5. "People Without Religion. Number of Atheists Grows in Kazakhstan". CABAR.asia. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  6. Kazakhstan, U. S. Mission (2022-06-03). "2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Kazakhstan". U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Kazakhstan. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  7. "Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050". www.pewforum.org. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  8. Итоги национальной переписи населения 2009 года. Национальный состав, вероисповедание и владения языками в Республике Казахстан


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