Irreligion in the Philippines

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Irreligion in the Philippines is not particularly well understood. It is difficult to quantify the number of atheists or agnostics in the Philippines as they are not officially counted in the census of the country, although the National Statistics Office (NSO) in 2010 gathered that 73,252 Filipinos have no religious affiliation or have answered "none". Since 2011, the non-religious increasingly organized themselves, especially among the youth in the country.[1] There is a stigma attached to being an atheist in the Philippines, and this necessitates many Filipino atheists to communicate with each other via the Internet, for example via the Philippine Atheism, Agnosticism and Secularism, Inc. formerly known as Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Society.[2]

Philippine religious distribution[]

According to the 2000 census, the religious distribution of the country's population was as follows:[3]

Religion in the Philippines, 2000 Census[3]
Religion percentage
Roman Catholic
 
 80.9%
Aglipayan
 
 2%
Islam
 
 5%
Evangelicalism
 
 2.8%
Iglesia ni Cristo
 
 2.3%
Other Christian
 
 4.5%
Other
 
 1.8%
Unspecified
 
 0.6%
None
 
 0.2%

References[]

  1. ^ Webadmin (2012-04-24). "Atheists Searching For Their Place in Heavily Catholic Philippines". The Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  2. ^ "Pinoy atheists and agnostics to have 'coming out' event". ABS-CBN News. 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  3. ^ a b "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
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