Around the world, millions of people have traded the religious traditions of their upbringing for no religion at all.
In countries across Europe, the Americas, and East Asia, between 20 percent and 50 percent of the population has switched religions, according to a report out this week from the Pew Research Center. In most cases, they are now unaffiliated.
Over a third of adults in Spain and more than a quarter of those in Sweden, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, the UK, and Australia are former Christians who are no longer religious. The US is not far behind at 19 percent.
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