Date: March 18, 2023 Time: 13:12:40
One of the main results of the study is that more and more people on the planet believe that God exists: 72% in 2022 compared to 71% in 2016. At the same time, 57% of people around the world believe in the Life after death. However, there is a difference in the belief in the afterlife: 59% believe in heaven, 53% of those surveyed believe in hell. Residents of the countries of the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa are among the regions where people believe in the afterlife more than others: for different countries and regions, the statistics ranged from 64% to 71%. . In the European Union, those who believe in the continuation of life after earthly life are the least – 34%. In other countries in Europe, in East Asia, in North and South America, about half of the inhabitants, from 43 to 52%, believe in life after death.
Another 62% of study participants worldwide said they are religious, 28% consider themselves neither religious nor atheist, and 10% identify as atheists.
In Russia, 63% of respondents believe in God, 11% do not believe, and 26% have not made up their minds or find it difficult to answer. 39% of Russians believe in life after death, 20% do not believe in the afterlife and 41% find it difficult to answer or have not decided. At the same time, 34% believe in heaven and 32% believe in hell.
Sociologists have found that people’s religious beliefs are influenced by education, age, and personal income. The higher the income and education, the less likely a person will call themselves religious. The older the survey participant, the higher the proportion of religiosity among those people.
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In total, 60.7 thousand people in 64 countries of the world took part in the survey.In Russia, residents of cities with a population of more than 100 thousand people were surveyed.
