According to the annual “Status of Global Missions” study, in this first part of the millennium non-believers will lose two million seven hundred thousand members, whilst declared atheists will lose one million and 370 thousand “faithful”. “Catholicism is growing at a rate of 34 thousand people a day,while Islam is gaining 79 thousand followers per day, and Hinduism 37 thousand.

Between 2000 and 2011, the “non religious” category lost 700 members every day, while the “atheist” category lost 300 per day.