In Britain, Christians are no longer majority

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In Great Britain, Christians no longer constitute the majority of the population. This is stated in a study by the Pew Research Center Religious Diversity Around the World as of 2020.

According to the report, the share of Christians in the United Kingdom has declined to less than half of the country's population. At the same time, the number of people who do not identify with any religion is growing, and the religious diversity of society is increasing.

Researchers note that such changes are related to both secularization processes and demographic shifts of recent decades. At the same time, Christianity remains the largest religious group in the country, despite losing its status as an absolute majority.

The report emphasizes that Great Britain is among the countries where the share of people without religious affiliation has grown particularly noticeably in recent years. This reflects a general trend for a number of Western countries.

The study's authors point out that the religious structure of the population continues to change, and in the future, religious diversity in the country may increase even more.

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