Irreligion in South Korea

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Religion in South Korea (2015 census)

  Irreligious (56.1%)

  Protestantism (19.7%)

  Korean Buddhism (15.5%)

  Catholicism (7.9%)

  Other (0.8%)

Irreligion in South Korea is common, with 56% percent of the population saying they are not affiliated with a religion, as of the 2015 national census.  South Korea also has the 5th largest population of atheists in the world, according to a 2012 Gallup International poll, which found that 15% of South Koreans were "convinced atheists."