On July 24, 2013, ''CNS News'' reported:
{{cquote|Atheism is in decline worldwide, with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world’s population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020, according to a new report by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass."<ref>[httphttps://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref>}}
There is no comprehensive and agreed upon plan among atheists on how to reverse the global decline of atheism in terms of global market share which has been occurring since at the least the time of the dissolution of the [[Soviet Union]] on December 26, 1991.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/evolutionists-atheists-and-agnostics.html Evolutionists, atheists and agnostics: Where is your master plan to reverse your decline?]</ref>
'''2.''' Most atheists are [[East Asia]]ns (See: [[Asian atheism]]). And East Asian atheism is significantly influenced by [[Communism|communist]] [[China]] which practices an authoritarian [[militant atheism]] which engages in human rights violations (see: [[Communism and religious persecution]] and [[Atheism and communism]]).
[[China]] has the world's largest [[atheism|atheist]] population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[httphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>
[[Christianity]] is seeing rapid growth in China despite facing religious persecution (see: [[Growth of Christianity in China]]). In addition, Asian atheism is facing 21st century desecularization (see: [[Asian atheism#East Asia's aging population and global desecularization|East Asia's aging population and global desecularization]]).