Based on this prediction, muslims would make up slightly more than a quarter 26. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids. In absolute numbers, europes muslim population is projected to grow from 44. A pew research center study projects that the population of muslims in the united states will double over the next 20 years. Proj % muslim % proj change, 20102030 where pop more than 1,000. According to estimates by the pew research center, the muslim population of the united states is set to increase from around 2.
The 2nd lagest mulsim population country is india and third largest country with muslim population is china. Also available electronically at publishers website. If muslim fertility converges to host levels by 2030, the muslim proportion only reaches 8. Islam is the dominant religion in central asia, indonesia, middle. As of 2015, it was predicted that the worlds muslim population would grow twice as fast as the overall global population in the following decades. Projections for 20102030 is a major and comprehensive study that focuses on the muslim populations in north america, europe, africa and the asiapacific and provides a revealing look into the future of the muslim population worldwide and the future religious makeup of the world. According to study, the future of the global muslim population study, the number of muslims will increase from 1. Europes muslim population expected to rise by third by 2030.
By 2030, muslims will make up 16 pc of indias population. Catholics sing on christmas eve at a church in taiyuan, shanxi province, china, december 24, 2015. The % of muslims has been increasing in europe and will increase slightly in the future but except from areas where muslims are already a majority, probably, there will not be any islamization of europe islam in europe in 2010 muslimmajority a. The world needs to be better prepared for populations on the move, writes lorna solis, founder and ceo of the ngo blue rose compass, as climate change will have displaced 1 billion people. The muslim minority in india will retain the worlds third largest muslim population. Michael waller of the institute of world politics, muslim inmates compromised between 17 and 20 percent of the u. The number of muslims in the us will more than double. The study, called the future of the global muslim population, projects that in 2030 muslims will make up 26. This compares with average world population growth rate of 1.
The mla said he wrote the post after watching a video about muslim population growth in india. Migration is expected to increase the number of muslims in europe by a third by 2030, with the population in. The worlds muslim population is expected to increase by about 35 per cent in the next 20 years, rising from 1. The worlds muslim population is expected to reach 2. By 2030 muslims are projected to represent about 26. From 1990 to 2010, the global muslim population increased at an average annual rate of 2. Highly educated syrian refugees will have come of age by 2030, making the case for the economic integration of those who have been forced to flee conflict. The report said worlds muslim population is expected to increase by about 35 per cent in the next 20 years, rising from 1.
South asia contains the largest population of muslims in the world. Reutersjon woo despite the increasing persecution of christians in china, the communist country is on track to have the largest christian population in the world by 2030, according to rodney pennington who studies religious trends for omf international. Projected percentage of 2030 world population that is muslim. Muslim populations around the world and their size in 2030 have been calculated by a respected us thinktank. New projections show the global muslim population growing about 35% by 2030, reaching 2. Islam is the dominant religion in the maldives, afghanistan, and bangladesh. According to some sources muslim populations in india, china, nigeria, tanzania, ethiopia,erittria and in some other countries are displayed less than. The research also says that india will continue to house the largest number of hindus in the world, with their population rising to 1. The worlds muslim population will grow at double the rate of nonmuslims over the next 20 years, a demographic analysis likely to spark controversy in europe and the us has shown. Japan and the world economy in the mid 2000s finding halal food in japan was extremely difficult, as it was seldom sold in the country.
According to a demographic analysis, americas muslim population will reach 6. Grim and karim 2011 estimated that the muslim world population by 2030 will have reached 2. World muslim population doubling, report projects cnn. Such growth is not enough to create a drastic shift in the world s. The continent will be about 8 percent muslim in 2030, it projects. The report says there will be 311 million muslims in india by 2050, a population which will constitute 11 per cent of the global trend. Muslim population grows at twice rate of nonmuslims but birth rate will decline to give only small increase on global percentage, us report. In 20102015, the expected muslim growth rate was 1. The data that we have isnt pointing in the direction of eurabia at all, grim said. The worlds muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, rising from 1. The worldwide muslim population is expected to increase from 1.
Looking ahead still further, austrias muslim population only rises to 21. This means that the worldwide muslim population would be growing about twice the rate of the nonmuslim population. By 2050, india will have the largest muslim population in the world, at an estimated 311 million, although they will still be a minority among the countrys vast numbers. Quarter of the world will be muslim by 2030 telegraph. Muslim population in usa to triple by 2030 catholic online. Growth of religion is the spread of religions and the increase of religious adherents around the. As of 2010, nearly a third of the worlds population identified as christian. While the reports findings dont include information on the growth rates of other religious groups, other sources have estimated the worlds christian population to be 30 percent to 33 percent. Muslims will take over india by 2030, hindus in danger. This is a list of religious populations by number of adherents and countries.
The study conducted by the pew research center and the john templeton foundation predicted that the current u. For example, the report undermines the notion that europe is heading toward having any country with a muslim majority. Pakistan is the second largest muslimmajority country in terms of population in the world. No, muslims are not taking over the world john esposito. India is the country with the largest muslim population outside muslimmajority countries with about 200 million people. According to population projections, europes muslim community is expected to increase by a third by 2030. If present trends continue, the study found, muslims will make up 26 per cent of the world s projected population of 8. In europe as a whole, the muslim share of the population is expected to grow by nearly onethird over the next 20 years, rising from 6% of the regions inhabitants in 2010 to 8% in 2030. World muslim population grows twice as fast as others. The world s muslim population is expected to increase by about 35 per cent in the next 20 years, rising from 1. The muslim birthrate is not declining and the politicians who claimed that the birthrates of third world immigrants would.
But if demographic trends persist, islam will close the gap by the middle of the. Muslim population in us expected to double by 2030 ap. India to have largest muslim population by 2050, says pew. Pakistan to be most populous muslim nation by 2030. If current trends continue, muslims will make up 26.
Members of the muslim community weigh in on public perceptions. Muslims will make up quarter of the worlds population by. Projections for 2010 2030 summary a new pew forum report on the size, distribution and growth of the global muslim population finds that the world s muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, but it is expected to grow at a slower pace in the next two decades than it did in the previous two decades. Adherents of islam constitute the worlds second largest religious group. Other includes judaism, bahai, sikhism, and jainism pew research center, 2012. Global growth of muslims to level off, report says the. The future of the global muslim population the muslim times. Such growth is not enough to create a drastic shift in the worlds. Projections for 20102030 summary a new pew forum report on the size, distribution and growth of the global muslim population finds that the worlds muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, but it is expected to grow at a slower pace in the next two decades than it did in the previous two decades. The myth of the muslim population bomb daily sabah. Muslim population growth is the population growth of muslims worldwide. My bestimate is that muslim world population is between 5560 percent of total world population at this time, and growing fast after 911.
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