Apocalypse - belief that the world will end soon 2012

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in 21 countries all over the world on whether the respondents believed that the world would come to an end during their lifetime, or not. 22 percent of respondents in Turkey stated they believed that the world would end during their lifetime.

Do you believe that the world will end during your lifetime? (2012, by country)

Characteristic	Share of respondents who said "yes"
Turkey	22%
United States	22%
South Africa	21%
Indonesia	19%
Mexico	19%
Argentina	19%
China	16%
Japan	16%
Poland	16%
Hungary	14%
Australia	13%
Russia	13%
Germany	13%
South Korea	13%
Canada	12%
Spain	12%
Italy	12%
Sweden	11%
Great Britain	8%
Belgium	7%
France	6%
Total	14%

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Release date

April 2012

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 6 to 20, 2012

Number of respondents

16,262*

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

The source poses the original question as follows: "To what extent do you agree with the following statement? - I believe the world will come to an end during my lifetime."

The source does not specify whether the figures were rounded, or not.

According to the source, "the countries reporting herein (21) are Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States of America."

*For this survey, "an international sample of 16,262 adults aged 18-64 in the U.S. and Canada, and aged 16-64 in all other countries" were interviewed.

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