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Belief in evolution by country

So, this is quite interesting. From The Guardian:

The British Council has asked, with the help of Ipsos MORI, over ten thousand adults across ten countries from China to the USA, just what they think of evolution.

Findings in percent

  Heard of Darwin Agree evidence exists for evolution Think it is possible to believe in God and evolution
Argentina 86 44 62
China 90 55 39
Egypt 38 8 45
Great Britain 91 51 54
India 62 38 85
Mexico 91 52 65
Russia 93 39 54
South Africa 27 8 54
Spain 72 39 46
USA 84 33 53

The last column is the Catholic Church’s belief; that God and evolution can coexist. As the figures show, roughly half of the ten-thousand surveyed seem to agree.

You can view the other responses on this Google-hosted spreadsheet

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