Thailand ranked world's most religious country; China least religious

A survey has revealed that Thailand is the most religious country in the world, while China came at the bottom of the list.

94% people in Thailand and 93% people in Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia and Morocco said they were religious, the Guardian reported.

While in China only 6% of people said they were religious whereas 61%  said they were convinced atheists.

This was followed by Japan, where just 13% of people were religious, Sweden with 19%, Czech Republic with 23%, and the Netherlands and Hong Kong with 26%.

The UK was among the least religious countries in the world. In a global ranking of 65 countries, the UK came six places from last, with 30% of the population calling themselves religious.

While 53% of people said they were not religious, only 13% said they were a convinced atheist and the remainder did not know how to define themselves.