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The surveys asked respondents whether they felt religious or not.

Ethiopia, a rugged and land-locked country in Africa, is made up of many different faiths including 32 million Ethiopian Orthodox Christians and 25 million Muslims, according to their national census.

But what are the world’s least religious countries?

China topped the poll, with only 7 per cent of people saying they felt religious.

Since 1949 Communism, an ideology which promotes state atheism, has been the ruling ethos of China.

However, after a campaign to destroy non-Communist religions, the numbers of Taoists has significantly reduced and it has become more difficult to accurately assess such statistics.

Alongside China, the UK has been named as the tenth least religious country in the world.

The survey showed that only 30 per cent of Britons feel religious.

According to a 2016 British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey on religious affiliation, 53% of respondents indicated ‘no religion’, 41% indicated they were Christians and 6% indicated with non-Christian religious such as Islam, Hinduism and Judaism.

The 10 most religious countries

Ethiopia – 99 per cent feel religious

Malawi – 99 per cent

Niger – 99 per cent

Sri Lanka – 99 per cent

Yemen – 99 per cent

Burundi – 98 per cent

Djibouti – 98 per cent

Mauritania – 98 per cent

Somalia – 98 per cent

Afghanistan – 97 per cent

The 10 least religious countries

China – 7 per cent feel religious

Japan – 13 per cent

Estonia – 16 per cent

Sweden – 19 per cent

Norway – 21 per cent

Czech Republic – 23 per cent

Hong Kong – 26 per cent

Netherlands – 26 per cent

Israel – 30 per cent

United Kingdom – 30 per cent

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Photo screensaver Dmytro Strykhar / Religious Tourism