Religion in the United Kingdom
Censuses
The statistics for current religion (not religion of upbringing where also asked) from the 2011 census and the corresponding statistics from the 2001 census are set out in the tables below.

Religion in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Censuses
Table Section Text: The statistics for current religion (not religion of upbringing where also asked) from the 2011 census and the corresponding statistics from the 2001 census are set out in the tables below.

Religion	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	2,850,199	53.8	36,093,374	58.8	1,490,588	82.3	37,583,962	59.5

Islam	2,660,116	5.0	45,950	1.5	2,706,066	4.8	76,737	1.4	2,782,803	4.5	3,832	0.21	2,786,635	4.4

Hinduism	806,199	1.5	10,434	0.34	816,633	1.5	16,379	0.3	833,012	1.4	2,382	0.13	835,394	1.3

Sikhism	420,196	0.8	2,962	0.1	423,158	0.8	9,055	0.2	432,213	0.7	216	0.01	432,429	0.7

Judaism	261,282	0.5	2,064	0.1	263,346	0.5	5,887	0.1	269,233	0.4	335	0.02	269,568	0.4

Buddhism	238,626	0.5	9,117	0.3	247,743	0.4	12,795	0.2	260,538	0.4	1,046	0.06	261,584	0.4

Other religion	227,825	0.4	12,705	0.4	240,530	0.4	15,196	0.3	255,726	0.4	7,048	0.39	262,774	0.4

No religion	13,114,232	24.7	982,997	32.1	14,097,229	25.1	1,941,116	36.7	16,038,345	26.1	183,164	10.1	16,221,509	25.7

Religion not stated	3,804,104	7.2	233,928	7.6	4,038,032	7.2	368,039	7.0	4,406,071	7.2	122,252	6.8	4,528,323	7.2

Total population	53,012,456	100.0	3,063,456	100.0	56,075,912	100.0	5,295,403	100.0	61,371,315	100.0	1,810,863	100.0	63,182,178	100.0

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In 2011 36.7% selected "none" and 53.8% stated they were Christian.

final_sentence: In 2011 36.7% selected "none" and 53.8% stated they were Christian.