Secular state - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Map of secular states in blue. States with state religions are shown in red and ambiguous states are shown in grey.

A secular state is a state that does not have a state religion or a theocracy, instead advocating secularism and a separation of church and state. Most states in the world today are secular states.[1]

List of secular countries[change | change source]

There are two types of secular countries:

  • Constitutionally secular countries
  • Countries that practice state atheism

Africa[change | change source]

Americas[change | change source]

Asia[change | change source]

Europe[change | change source]

Oceania[change | change source]

Partially-recognised countries[change | change source]

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Madeley, John T. S. and Zsolt Enyedi, Church and state in contemporary Europe: the chimera of neutrality, p. 14, 2003 Routledge
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