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https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/06\/PF_25.05.25_SpiritsSpirituality_interactive_hero-image.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/06\/PF_25.05.25_SpiritsSpirituality_interactive_hero-image.jpg?resize=540,304 540w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-01302ce7 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure id=\"graphic-insert-2\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"graphic-insert-1\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group scrolly is-style-fluid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group scene-0 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c9dac35a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ui-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-h-one-font-size wp-elements-6e0e70cf622cfc04928703f2d29bac0e\" id=\"spirituality-and-religion-how-does-the-u-s-compare-with-other-countries\">Spirituality and Religion: How Does the U.S. Compare With Other Countries?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligncenter is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-bylines-display is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-prc-block-bylines-display-is-layout-cbcdc57d wp-block-prc-block-bylines-display-is-layout-flex\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-bylines-display__bylines\"><span class=\"wp-block-prc-block-bylines-display__prefix\">By<\/span> <a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/jonathan-evans\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Jonathan Evans\">Jonathan Evans<\/a><span class=\"prc-platform-staff-bylines__separator\">, <\/span><a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/william-miner\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for William Miner\">William Miner<\/a><span class=\"prc-platform-staff-bylines__separator\">, <\/span><a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/chris-baronavski\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Chris Baronavski\">Chris Baronavski<\/a><span class=\"prc-platform-staff-bylines__separator\">, <\/span><a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/bill-webster\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Bill Webster\">Bill Webster<\/a> <span class=\"prc-platform-staff-bylines__and-separator\">and<\/span> <a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/justine-coleman\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Justine Coleman\">Justine Coleman<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.114), 15px);margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-06-25T13:50:46-04:00\">June 25, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-1 wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/02\/26\/religious-landscape-study-religious-identity\/\">recent Pew Research Center survey<\/a> shows that about seven-in-ten Americans identify with a religion. Seven-in-ten Americans also <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/05\/06\/beliefs-about-the-afterlife\/#belief-in-life-after-death\">believe in an afterlife<\/a>. And about half of Americans say that parts of nature \u2013 such as mountains, rivers or trees \u2013 can have spirits or spiritual energies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left scene-3 has-georgia-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">But how does the United States compare with <strong>other countries<\/strong> when it comes to spirituality and religion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-4 wp-block-paragraph\">This interactive narrative walks through data from the U.S. and 35 other countries we surveyed in 2023 and 2024. Together, these three dozen countries are home to about 4 billion people \u2013 roughly half of the world\u2019s population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-5 wp-block-paragraph\">Although we were not able to conduct surveys in China or many Muslim-majority nations, we have findings on spirituality and religion from<strong> all inhabited continents,<\/strong> places with <strong>many different religious traditions,<\/strong> and countries with <strong>various income levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-6 wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of this brief interactive narrative, you\u2019ll find <a href=\"#sortable-table\">a sortable table<\/a> to explore several questions we asked around the world about respondents\u2019 spiritual and religious beliefs and practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group scrolly is-style-fluid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"scene-7 wp-block-paragraph\">More than two-thirds of U.S. adults<strong> identify with a religion \u2013<\/strong> whether Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam or something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-8 wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s a high number compared with some other wealthy (i.e., economically advanced) countries. For example, just 46% of adults in the Netherlands and 44% in Japan claim any religious identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-9 wp-block-paragraph\">But when we look at all three dozen countries, quite a few have large percentages of people who say they have a religion. This includes places like Indonesia and Israel, where almost all adults identify with a religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-10 wp-block-paragraph\">In many countries \u2013 even places where nearly all adults say they have a religion \u2013 not everyone<strong> believes in life after death.<\/strong> In Israel, one of the countries with near-universal religious affiliation, just 61% say there is \u201cdefinitely\u201d or \u201cprobably\u201d life after death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-11 wp-block-paragraph\">In the U.S., seven-in-ten adults think there is definitely or probably an afterlife, which puts the U.S. in the top third of countries surveyed on this question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-12 wp-block-paragraph\">Across Europe, people are far less likely to believe in life after death. For example, 38% of Swedish adults express belief in an afterlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-13 wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly half of U.S. adults, meanwhile, say they <strong>believe that parts of nature \u2013 such as mountains, rivers or trees \u2013 can have their own spirits or spiritual energies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-14 wp-block-paragraph\">Solid majorities in India and Peru also hold this view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-15 wp-block-paragraph\">But only about three-in-ten people surveyed in Poland say parts of nature can have spirits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-16 wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to <strong>rates of daily prayer<\/strong>, the U.S. is roughly in the middle of the 35 countries surveyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-17 wp-block-paragraph\">Yet the U.S. stands out among high-income countries on this question. Generally speaking, relatively few adults in wealthy countries \u2013 such as Japan and France \u2013 say they pray daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-18 wp-block-paragraph\">Countries where most people pray daily tend to be middle-income countries, such as Nigeria and the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-19 wp-block-paragraph\">We also asked about some kinds of spirituality that are less common around the world. In most places surveyed \u2013 including the U.S. \u2013 about two-in-ten or fewer adults say they <strong>consult a fortune teller, horoscope or other way to see the future. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scene-20 wp-block-paragraph\">Even in India, where using various means to see the future is relatively common, just under half of adults say they do this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Scroll down to the sortable table to find out how the U.S. compares with the other countries we surveyed in 2023 and 2024 on these measures. You also can <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1k_as8v8qar4_tHLDoOtlk7QYSDnWgHMvppm4HPoEUww\/edit?usp=sharing\">download a table<\/a>&nbsp;that includes other measures of religion and spirituality asked about around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, some beliefs and practices are more common in certain religions than in others. You can explore this in our accompanying report \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/05\/06\/believing-in-spirits-and-life-after-death-is-common-around-the-world\/\">Believing in Spirits and Life After Death Is Common Around the World<\/a>,\u201d which includes graphics that show<strong> how different religious groups in each country tend to answer these questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b9582fc7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In the sortable table below, you can click on any of the column labels to sort alphabetically or from highest to lowest (or vice versa) within that column.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ui-gray-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-c53d8c153e5c8467cb9cdd355db0305e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:400\">% of adults who &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-dynamic-wide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3166391b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"sortable-table\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table is-sortable\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-block\/table\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;sortColumn&quot;:null,&quot;sortDirection&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;sortableColumns&quot;:[]}\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.onInit\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"is-sortable\" style=\"width:150px\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onHeaderClick\" data-column-index=\"0\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">Country<\/th><th class=\"is-sortable\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onHeaderClick\" data-column-index=\"1\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">Are religiously affiliated<\/th><th class=\"is-sortable\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onHeaderClick\" data-column-index=\"2\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">Say there is definitely\/probably life after death<\/th><th class=\"is-sortable\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onHeaderClick\" data-column-index=\"3\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">Say that parts of nature can have spirits or spiritual energies<\/th><th class=\"is-sortable\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onHeaderClick\" data-column-index=\"4\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">Say they pray at least daily<\/th><th class=\"is-sortable\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onHeaderClick\" data-column-index=\"5\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">Say they consult a fortune teller, horoscope or other way to see the future<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">U.S.<\/td><td>69<\/td><td>70<\/td><td>48<\/td><td>44<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Canada<\/td><td>57<\/td><td>56<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">France<\/td><td>53<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>52<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Germany<\/td><td>57<\/td><td>50<\/td><td>49<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Greece<\/td><td>86<\/td><td>56<\/td><td>48<\/td><td>37<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Hungary<\/td><td>79<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Italy<\/td><td>77<\/td><td>56<\/td><td>57<\/td><td>35<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Netherlands<\/td><td>46<\/td><td>51<\/td><td>39<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Poland<\/td><td>95<\/td><td>64<\/td><td>29<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Spain<\/td><td>56<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>37<\/td><td>22<\/td><td>11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Sweden<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>32<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">UK<\/td><td>54<\/td><td>53<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Australia<\/td><td>48<\/td><td>49<\/td><td>48<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Bangladesh<\/td><td>100<\/td><td>77<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>75<\/td><td>11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">India<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>43<\/td><td>79<\/td><td>71<\/td><td>45<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Indonesia<\/td><td>100<\/td><td>85<\/td><td>57<\/td><td>95<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Japan<\/td><td>44<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>56<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Malaysia<\/td><td>98<\/td><td>74<\/td><td>56<\/td><td>80<\/td><td>10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Philippines<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>78<\/td><td>73<\/td><td>79<\/td><td>22<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Singapore<\/td><td>78<\/td><td>68<\/td><td>62<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">South Korea<\/td><td>51<\/td><td>52<\/td><td>36<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Sri Lanka<\/td><td>100<\/td><td>67<\/td><td>63<\/td><td>72<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Thailand<\/td><td>100<\/td><td>50<\/td><td>73<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>29<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Israel<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>61<\/td><td>28<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Tunisia<\/td><td>100<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Turkey<\/td><td>95<\/td><td>84<\/td><td>65<\/td><td>63<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Ghana<\/td><td>98<\/td><td>74<\/td><td>87<\/td><td>73<\/td><td>16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Kenya<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>80<\/td><td>44<\/td><td>84<\/td><td>23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Nigeria<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>71<\/td><td>63<\/td><td>84<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">South Africa<\/td><td>86<\/td><td>59<\/td><td>74<\/td><td>63<\/td><td>47<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Argentina<\/td><td>76<\/td><td>65<\/td><td>65<\/td><td>39<\/td><td>14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Brazil<\/td><td>84<\/td><td>66<\/td><td>58<\/td><td>76<\/td><td>10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Chile<\/td><td>66<\/td><td>67<\/td><td>74<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Colombia<\/td><td>77<\/td><td>67<\/td><td>70<\/td><td>71<\/td><td>11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Mexico<\/td><td>79<\/td><td>69<\/td><td>64<\/td><td>44<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:150px\">Peru<\/td><td>88<\/td><td>68<\/td><td>65<\/td><td>58<\/td><td>16<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-sans-serif-font-family has-small-label-font-size wp-elements-e71c638c2c11aed863e022b5f17cf642 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#808285;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.2\">Note: Some questions were not asked in Tunisia. Respondents were asked about \u201cparts of nature, like mountains, rivers or trees\u201d having spirits or spiritual energies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-sans-serif-font-family has-small-label-font-size wp-elements-3c27e927f7ff10db65519024ed1cafc9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#808285;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.2\">Source: Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey. U.S. data is from three surveys conducted in 2023 and 2024. For more information on how and when the data was collected in each country, refer to the accompanying report\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/05\/06\/spirituality-around-the-world-methodology\/\">Methodology<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.05.06_spirituality-around-the-world_topline.pdf\">Topline<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ui-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-sans-serif-font-family has-small-label-font-size wp-elements-b0cf40481cf00d43d10e49db2686e6d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"line-height:1.5\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-prc-block-doi-citation has-small-font-size has-sans-serif-font-family\"><h5>RECOMMENDED CITATION:<\/h5><p>Evans, Jonathan, William Miner, Christopher Baronavski, Bill Webster and Justine Coleman.  2025.  &#8220;Spirituality and Religion: How Does the U.S. Compare With Other Countries?&#8221;  Pew Research Center. doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.58094\/3x69-et45\">10.58094\/3&#215;69-et45<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-platform-feature-loader\" id=\"js-spirits-and-spirituality\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore how adults in the U.S. and 35 other countries compare religiously and spiritually when it comes to affiliation, prayer, afterlife beliefs and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":675,"featured_media":261955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"layout-essay-no-breadcrumbs","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_api_pending":"","apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_hidden":false,"relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[],"multiSectionReport":[],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"datacite_doi":"{ \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"CreativeWork\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.58094\/3x69-et45\", \"url\": \"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/25\/spirituality-and-religion-us-comparison-to-other-countries\", \"name\": \"Spirituality and Religion: How Does the U.S. Compare With Other Countries?\", \"author\": [ { \"name\": \"Jonathan Evans\", \"givenName\": \"Jonathan\", \"familyName\": \"Evans\", \"affiliation\": { \"@type\": \"Organization\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/ror.org\/02tvvdy44\", \"name\": \"Pew Research Center\" }, \"@type\": \"Person\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3206-3439\" }, { \"name\": \"William Miner\", \"givenName\": \"William\", \"familyName\": \"Miner\", \"affiliation\": { \"@type\": \"Organization\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/ror.org\/02tvvdy44\", \"name\": \"Pew Research Center\" }, \"@type\": \"Person\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-0310-3159\" }, { \"name\": \"Christopher Baronavski\", \"givenName\": \"Christopher\", \"familyName\": \"Baronavski\", \"affiliation\": { \"@type\": \"Organization\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/ror.org\/02tvvdy44\", \"name\": \"Pew Research Center\" }, \"@type\": \"Person\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-0705-286X\" }, { \"name\": \"Bill Webster\", \"givenName\": \"Bill Webster\", \"affiliation\": { \"@type\": \"Organization\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/ror.org\/02tvvdy44\", \"name\": \"Pew Research Center\" }, \"@type\": \"Person\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-3694-4965\" }, { \"name\": \"Justine Coleman\", \"givenName\": \"Justine\", \"familyName\": \"Coleman\", \"affiliation\": { \"@type\": \"Organization\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/ror.org\/02tvvdy44\", \"name\": \"Pew Research Center\" }, \"@type\": \"Person\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-3836-3357\" } ], \"description\": \"Pew Research Center conducted this survey to examine how the United States compares to other parts of the world on a variety of religious and spiritual measures. The survey included some questions grounded in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions, as well as some questions with roots in Buddhism, Hinduism and other Asian faiths. Among the key findings is that in the U.S., seven-in-ten adults think there is definitely or probably an afterlife, which puts the U.S. in the top third of countries surveyed on this question. \\nThis analysis is based on surveys conducted in 36 countries on six continents. The countries have a wide array of religious traditions. Some have Christian, Muslim or Jewish majorities, while others have Hindu or Buddhist majorities. A few are quite religiously mixed, and some have large shares of people who are religiously unaffiliated.\\nThis analysis allows users to interact with data from these surveys. Users can sort a table by several different columns to see how different countries compare on different religious and spiritual measures.\\nOutside the United States, this analysis draws on nationally representative surveys of 41,503 adults conducted from Jan. 5 to May 22, 2024. All surveys were conducted over the phone with adults in Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Surveys were conducted face-to-face in Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia and Turkey. 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