![]() ![]() The number of Christians also is projected to rise, but more slowly, at about the same rate (35%) as the global population overall.Īs a result, according to the Pew Research projections, by 2050 there will be near parity between Muslims (2.8 billion, or 30% of the population) and Christians (2.9 billion, or 31%), possibly for the first time in history. 1 Over that same period, Muslims – a comparatively youthful population with high fertility rates – are projected to increase by 73%. Between 20, the world’s total population is expected to rise to 9.3 billion, a 35% increase. If current demographic trends continue, however, Islam will nearly catch up by the middle of the 21st century. Islam was second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23% of the global population. The projections take into account the current size and geographic distribution of the world’s major religions, age differences, fertility and mortality rates, international migration and patterns in conversion.Īs of 2010, Christianity was by far the world’s largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31%) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth. These are among the global religious trends highlighted in new demographic projections by the Pew Research Center.
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