{"id":73296,"date":"2012-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/03\/08\/religious-migration-unaffiliated-migrants\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:06:32","slug":"religious-migration-unaffiliated-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/03\/08\/religious-migration-unaffiliated-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Unaffiliated Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/03\/08\/religious-migration-exec\/lede_faithonthemove-jpg\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d1d4c3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d1d4c3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/07\/lede_faithonthemove-jpg.webp?resize=480,225 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/07\/lede_faithonthemove-jpg.webp?resize=640,300 640w\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/07\/lede_faithonthemove-jpg.webp?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88237 not-transparent\" title=\"fonm-300x200\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among religiously unaffiliated migrants \u2013 a plurality of whom have come from the Asia-Pacific region \u2013 the main destination regions have been Europe and North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/03\/08\/religious-migration-unaffiliated-migrants\/faithonthemove-chart-55-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e8e7e8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e7e8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"452\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-55.png?resize=480,387 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-55.png?resize=560,452 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-55.png?w=560\" alt=\"fonm-unaff-1\" class=\"wp-image-87618 not-transparent\" title=\"fonm-unaff-1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three largest countries of origin for religiously unaffiliated migrants are, or recently were, officially atheist states. Many of these migrants have come from China (about 4 million), followed by two countries of the former Soviet Union \u2013 Kazakhstan and Russia (each more than 1 million). Significant numbers of unaffiliated migrants also have come from the United Kingdom, Germany and Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 4 million religiously unaffiliated migrants have moved to the United States, many from China. Sizable numbers of unaffiliated migrants, including many from China, also live in Canada (about 1.3 million), Australia (nearly 1 million) and Hong Kong (nearly 1 million). The large populations of unaffiliated migrants in Russia (more than 2 million) and Ukraine (more than 500,000) are mostly due to changing borders since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/03\/08\/religious-migration-unaffiliated-migrants\/faithonthemove-chart-56-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebebeb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebebeb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"374\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-56.png?resize=180,374 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-56.png?w=180\" alt=\"fonm-unaff-2\" class=\"wp-image-87620 not-transparent\" title=\"fonm-unaff-2\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/03\/08\/religious-migration-unaffiliated-migrants\/faithonthemove-chart-57-png\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dedbd7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dedbd7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"374\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-57.png?resize=360,374 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-57.png?w=360\" alt=\"fonm-unaff-3\" class=\"wp-image-87624 not-transparent\" title=\"fonm-unaff-3\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/03\/08\/religious-migration-unaffiliated-migrants\/faithonthemove-chart-59-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eaebeb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eaebeb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"374\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-59.png?resize=180,374 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-59.png?w=180\" alt=\"fonm-unaff-4\" class=\"wp-image-87630 not-transparent\" title=\"fonm-unaff\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/03\/08\/religious-migration-unaffiliated-migrants\/faithonthemove-chart-60-png\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebe9e7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebe9e7;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"374\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-60.png?resize=360,374 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/Faithonthemove-chart-60.png?w=360\" alt=\"fonm-unaff-5\" class=\"wp-image-87633 not-transparent\" title=\"fonm-unaff-5\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among religiously unaffiliated migrants \u2013 a plurality of whom have come from the Asia-Pacific region \u2013 the main destination regions have been Europe and North America. 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Many of these migrants have come from China (about 4 million), followed 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