article_snippet.sent: The number of Christians in the US will decline from three quarters of the population in 2010 to just two thirds in 2050, researchers claim.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, those who do not affiliate with any religion, including atheists and agnostics, will make up a 'declining share of the world's population' - even if their numbers are increasing in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
article_snippet.sent: The region's Christian population will shrink from 553million to 454million, according to projections.
article_snippet.sent: Christians are projected to fall below 50 per cent the population in the United Kingdom, Australia, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the Republic of Macedonia.
highlights_snippet.sent: Christians will decline from 75% of US population to just two thirds in 2050 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Christians are expected to fall below 50% of the population in UK by 2050 .
  