A recent research found Islam is the only religion growing faster than the world’s population, and it will be the largest in the world by 2070.
Analysing demographic changes in the world’s major religions, Pew Research Centre found Muslim population to grow by 73 per cent between 2010 and 2050, with Christians being the second-largest religious population at 35 per cent while the world’s population to increase by 37 per cent during the same time. The report predicts Atheists, agnostics and non-religious to decrease from 16.4 per cent to 13.2 per cent by 2050.
The report estimates that by 2050, there will be 2.76 billion Muslims and 2.92 billion Christians. Assuming that the findings stay on course, Muslims will outnumber Christians by 2070.
The survey further adds that Europe’s population in 2070 will have 10 per cent Muslims, also highlighting the attitude of Europeans towards Muslims.
“Majorities in Hungary, Italy, Poland and Greece say they view Muslims unfavourably, while negative attitudes toward Muslims are much less common in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Northern and Western Europe,” the report reads. “People who place themselves on the Right side of the ideological scale are much more likely than those on the Left to see Muslims negatively.”
The research cites fertility as one of the major reasons behind the demographic change, placing Muslims with the highest rate of reproduction at 3.1 children per woman followed by Christians at 2.7.
Another reason is people moving away from Christianity as the report predicts around 40 million Christians to convert while another 106 million to become non-religious.
Courtesy: Telegraph
Islam will overcome Christianity to become the most popular religion in the world by 2070 with migration seeing a surge in Europe and America's Muslim population, research shows.
The religion's share of the world's population will equal the Christian share – at roughly 32 per cent each – in 53 year's time, according to the Pew Research Center, based in Washington DC.
By 2100 around one per cent more of the world's population will be Muslim than Christian, the report claims.
Researchers say migration is among factors helping to increase the Muslim population in some regions, including North America and Europe.
Pew analysis revealed Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world and in 2010 there were 1.6billion in the world – about 23 per cent of the global population.
But the figure is short of the 2.2 billion Christians which made up 31 percent of the population.
The research claims Muslims are having more children than members of other religious groups with each woman having an average of 3.1 offspring compared to 2.3 for all other groups combined.
In 2010 the median age of all Muslims was 23 – seven years younger than non-Muslims.
The report added: 'While it does not change the global population, migration is helping to increase the Muslim population in some regions, including North America and Europe.'
Some 62 per cent of Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region with large populations in Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Turkey, Pew researchers said.
In 2050, India is set to take over from Indonesia as the country with the world's largest Muslim population, according to the study.
Last year there were 3.3 million Muslims of all ages in the US – about 1 per cent of the population.
By 2050, the share is predicted to climb to 2.1 per cent
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