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Muslims to outnumber Christians worldwide by 2070: Islam will be only major religion to increase faster than world’s population
Muslims will increase at more than double the rate of world’s population
Largest proportion of Muslims likely to be in India, data showed
Research was completed by the Pew Research Center in America
There will be more Muslims than Christians in the world in less than sixty years, new research revealed.The religion’s share of the world’s population will equal the Christian share – at roughly 32 per cent each – in 2070, analysis by the Pew Research Center showed.
The number of Muslims will increase at more than double the rate of the world’s population, which is expected to rise by 35 per cent in the next four decades.
By 2100 around one per cent more of the world’s population will be Muslim than Christian, with the largest proportion of followers in India.
Several countries are also projected to have a different religious majority by 2050.
The number of countries with a Christian majority is expected to decline from 159
Less than 50 per cent of the population will be Christian in the United Kingdom, Australia, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the Republic of Macedonia.
By 2050 Muslims will make up around ten per cent of Europe’s population.
It is thought the religion will thrive due to its young population and high fertility rates, with an average of 3.1 children per woman.
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