4. Religiously unaffiliated population change
The religiously unaffiliated population is the world’s third-largest religious category and grew the second-fastest between 2010 and 2020.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The religiously unaffiliated population is the world’s third-largest religious category and grew the second-fastest between 2010 and 2020.
In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to the U.S., 50% name China.
Americans’ grim political mood and desire for change show up across our surveys. But despite divisions, there are hopeful signs for the future.
While most adults in the 35 countries we surveyed feel China’s influence on domestic economic conditions, people are divided on whether that influence is positive or negative. Those in high-income countries tend to see China’s economic influence negatively, while those in middle-income countries have a more positive outlook. We also asked specifically about the influence […]
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Across the 23 countries surveyed, a median of 41% say the U.S. is the world’s leading economic power as opposed to China, Japan or countries in the EU. This view is especially common in South Korea, Japan, Israel, Poland, India, Hungary and Sweden, where half or more name the U.S. as the top economy. A […]
Across more than 20 countries surveyed, a median of 91% say being able to speak their country’s most common language is important for being considered a true national. And 81% say sharing their country’s customs and traditions is important for true belonging.
A median of 76% say China does not take into account the interests of countries like theirs when making international policy decisions. Only a median of 22% say China does account for such interests. Countries in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region are especially likely to say Chinese foreign policy does not heed their […]
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