How many people have been killed by Atheist governments?

Answer 1

Not all that many; although being an atheist used to be a capital offence in England, not that many people were actually hung - largely because, obviously, people wouldn't say they were atheists.

In general, atheists don't kill people because of their beliefs - it's hard to think of atheists flying airliners into buildings or starting a war because of beliefs; why would they?

Answer:

It depends on your definition of a "cause". No one has ever run around (to my knowledge) in an Atheistic Crusades saying "Be an atheist or die". However societies with Marxist (which is atheist in practice) or general atheistic philosophies have killed millions. Stalin's USSR, Mao Zedong of China, and Pol Pot in Cambodia are three examples.

Answer 2

To answer the question it is necessary to determine first which states are "atheist". On examination of the world's governments it appears that there are no atheist governments (denying the existence of god(s)). Many of the world's governments are secular (many European governments, Canada and America) with a direct statement that churches or religious considerations are not part of their governing process, some ban religions without making any statement on the existence of a god (China, Russia) and some are theocracies run by religious rules and religious people (the Vatican, the Arab Emirates and Israel). North Korea is somewhat out of this list as the state has developed its own "religion" (Juche).

All of these types of countries have directed the killing of people in various wars and pogroms. None are atheist states. So atheist states have killed no one.

Answer 3

Exponentially less than religious people