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Across the world, two thirds of citizens believe they are a religious, the newspaper The Telegraph reports citing the survey by international consortium of independent market research and polling firms WIN/Gallup International. Nearly 64,000 people from 65 countries took part in the survey.

According to the report, the most religious country is Thailand where 94% of respondents said they were a religious person. Only one per cent said they were a convinced atheist. The 2-5 places were shared by Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia and Morocco. 93% of the population of these countries are believers, however, their data vary in the other positions. In Armenia, which is in the second place with 93% of the population being religious, 3% do not consider themselves as religious, 2% identify themselves as atheists, and 2% had no response.

According to the results of the survey, the Azerbaijanis are the least religious people in the Caucasus. Only 34% of those asked considered themselves religious, 54% said they were not religious, and 13% had no response.

The five least religious countries appear to be the Netherlands (26%), the Czech Republic (23%), Sweden (19%), Japan (13%) and China (7%).

The findings also show that the most religious segment of the population comprises the young people, aged between 25 and 34. The average for all other age groups is 60%.

“The total number of people who consider themselves to be religious is actually relatively high. Furthermore, with the trend of an increasingly religious youth globally, we can assume that the number of people who consider themselves religious will only continue to increase," the article reads.

According to the findings, 80% of those with no education said they were religious compared with 60% of secondary school and university-educated individuals.

The survey comes after the Pew Research Centre said last month that Islam would be the dominant religion globally in 2100. In their study of the religious landscape in 2050, the researchers also said atheism would decline in 35 years across the world except in the West.