[407] The population grew again to around 13 million by the 1970s, but has since recorded near-zero growth until around 2005 due to low fertility rates and to assimilation. [439] However, since around 2001 the Universal House of Justice has prioritized statistics of the community by their levels of activity rather than simply their population of avowed adherents or numbers of local assemblies. [331] Europe's Muslim population also has higher fertility (2.1) than other religious groups in the region, well above the regional average (1.6). [41][42], This growth reverses the rapid decline that Chinese traditional religion faced in the 20th century. [298] According to the same study "globally, Muslims have the highest fertility rate, an average of 3.1 children per woman well above replacement level (2.1)", and "in all major regions where there is a sizable Muslim population, Muslim fertility exceeds non-Muslim fertility". One striking difference between former Muslims and those who have always been Muslim is in the share who hail from Iran. And as the ranks of the nones have swelled,. He vowed to return after 500 years at the time of natural disaster and political corruption. In 200 years (from 1800-2000), the world population increased more than 6 times, but the Christian Population increased faster over the same period (over 9 times). He did not even appear in public when the Taliban regained power two decades later. The Sensitive Stuff [38], According to a survey of religion in China in the year 2010, the number of people practicing some form of Chinese folk religion is near to 950 million (70% of the Chinese),[39] of which 173 million (13%) practice some form of Taoist-defined folk faith. A total of 144 persons adopted Islam. [421] From having roughly 200,000 Bahs in 1950,[422] the religion grew to having over 4 million by the late 1980s, with a widespread international distribution. 6 million of those converts came from Indonesia however the report also includes the descendants of those who converted in Indonesia as well. [111] Data from the Pew Research Center has it that, as of 2013, about 1.6million adult American Jews identify themselves as Christians, most as Protestants. Since 2010, the rate of increase was of 0.3% in the Americas and Europe. [270] The fertility rate for Israeli Druze in 2017 is 2.1 children per woman, while the fertility rate among Jewish women (3.2) and Muslim women (3.4) and the fertility rate among Israeli Christian women (1.9). (1927-2011): Missionary Statistician and Sociologist of Religion", "Barrett, David B. [335] Many Muslims who leave Islam face social rejection or imprisonment and sometimes murder or other penalties. Christianity is expected to have the largest net loss of followers between 2010 and 2050 in North America (-28 million), Europe (-24 million), Latin America and the Caribbean (-9.5 million), sub-Saharan Africa (-3 million), and Asia-Pacific (2.4 million). A 2014 study indicated that over 1.2 million people will leave the church in the next year. [70] According to the same study, a large majority of those who raised as Christians (83%) in Western Europe, still identified themselves as Christians today. The story we normally hear is of an Islam growing from strength to strength, and how for all the phobia that exists around it, it remains the fastest growing religion with 1.6 billion followers across the world and acquiring new converts on an almost daily basis. And by 2050, the U.S. Muslim population is projected to reach8.1 million, or 2.1% of the nations total population nearly twice the share of today. [362][363], According to Rodney Stark, Islam was spread after military conquests after Arab armies began overtaking Christian regions from Syria to North Africa and Spain,[364] as well as Zoroastrian, Buddhist and Hindu regions in Central Asia, parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia via military invasions,[365][366][367] traders and Sufi missionaries. Changement de prnom et stratgies identitaires, entre culture d'origine et migration [Shklzen or Giannis? While a quarter of Muslims are switching out of Islam, most are not becoming Christians. [488][489] Mary Jones says Wicca is one of the fastest-growing religions in the United States as well. Officially, Arab states have major Muslim populations, varying from around 60% in Lebanon to almost 100% in Jordan or Saudi Arabia. [476], Primarily for socio-economic reasons (Sikhs being the wealthiest and most educated of India's four major religious groups),[477] Indian Sikhs have the lowest adjusted growth rate of any major religious group in India, at 8.4% per decade (from 2001 to 2011), compared to the national rate of 17.7% per decade. Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. HarperCollins, New York, 2008, p. 118-119, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Bromiley ed, VI p 742. It is expected to increase up to 62million by 2100, given that the anticipated growth rate of 1.7% per year and adding at least 400,000 followers annually. Ari Paltiel, Michel Sepulchre, Irene Kornilenko, Martin Maldonado: sfn error: no target: CITEREFRabbani1987 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFAffolter2005 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFHassal2022 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFPew_Global_Religious_Landscape2012 (, The United States does not measure religion during its censuses. Hinduism's 10-year growth rate is estimated at 20% (based on the period 1991 to 2001), corresponding to a yearly growth close to 2%. [455] According to INEGI, in Mexico, the number of atheists grows annually by 5.2%, while the number of Catholics grows by 1.7%. Especially in the rural areas, the speed and scale of its development are much faster and larger than is the case with Buddhism and Christianity [] in Zhejiang province, where Christianity is better established than elsewhere, temples of folk religion are usually twenty or even a hundred times as numerous as Christian church buildings. 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It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Special administrative areas in China are Buddhist majority areas such as Macau, Tibet, and Hong Kong. [38], As of around 2020, there were about 8 million Bah's in the world. Druzites or Al-Muwaidn are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group; the number of Druzites worldwide is between 800,000 and one million, with the vast majority residing in the Levant. For example, individuals can receive a capital punishment if they openly leave Islam in some Muslim countries. [37] According to the Pew Research Center published on 2010, religious conversion may have little impact on the Buddhists population between 2010 and 2050; Buddhists are expected to lose 2.9 million adherents between 2010 and 2050. 1615 L St. NW, Suite 800Washington, DC 20036USA New York: Oxford University Press. In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity. The estimated world's Sikh population was over 30 million in 2020, and it will reach 42million by 2050. 2010 Chinese Jesus Life Survey conducted by Dr. Yang Fenggang, Purdue University's Center on Religion and Chinese Society. [335] According to Harvard University professor Robert D. Putnam, there is increasing numbers of Americans who are leaving their faith and becoming unaffiliated and the average Iranian American is slightly less religious than the average American. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1990 1990. Druze is a major religion in the Levant region. By contrast, during the same time period, the religiously unaffiliated category went from 17 percent in 2009 to 26 percent a decade later. [250] According to scholar Todd Hartch of Eastern Kentucky University, by 2005, around 6 million Africans converted to Christianity annually. It is due to the fall of the fertility rate in many Muslim majority countries. [53] According to Pew Research Center study, by 2050 the number of Christians in absolute number is expected to grow to more than double in the next few decades,[54] from 517 million to 1.1billion in Sub Saharan Africa,[54] from 531million to 665million in Latin America and Caribbean,[54] from 287 million to 381million in Asia,[54] and from 266 million to 287million in North America. That means 3 of every 4 people leaving Islam go to something other than Christianity. (+1) 202-419-4372 | Media Inquiries. ", Jenkins, Philip. [80] According to scholar Francis Fukuyama of Stanford University "converts to Protestantism find their incomes, education levels, hygiene and social networks expanding". [314] On the other hand, according to Pew Research, the number of American converts to Islam is roughly equal to the number of American Muslims who leave Islam and this is unlike other religions in the United States where the number of those who leave these religions is greater than the number of those who convert to it,[195] and most people who leave Islam become unaffiliated, according to same study ex-Muslims were more likely to be Christians compare to ex-Hindus or ex-Jews. High fertility is a major driver of projected Muslim population growth around the world and in particular regions. [237] While on the other hand, in 2017, scholars Landon Schnabel and Sean Bock at Harvard University and Indiana University argued that while "Mainline Protestant" churches has declined in the United States since the late 1980s, but many of them do not leave Christianity, but rather convert to another Christian denomination, in particularly to evangelicalism. The Taliban's armed uprising against . [301], On the other hand, in 2010, the Pew Forum found "that statistical data for Muslim conversions is scarce and as per their little available information, there is no substantial net gain or loss of Muslims due to religious conversion. Looking at suicide as a share of total death is one way to compare differences across the world. [398], There is also a trend of Orthodox movements reaching out to secular Jews in order to give them a stronger Jewish identity so there is less chance of intermarriage. According to the records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its membership has grown every decade since its beginning in the 1830s,[108] that it is among the top ten largest Christian denominations in the U.S.,[109] and that it was the fastest growing church in the U.S. in 2012. 27 views, 2 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Dodi Sefriadi: Murtad dulu entar syahadat lagi. Do Muslims have more children than other women in western Europe? [248] According to scholar Juliette Koning and Heidi Dahles of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam there is a "rapid expansion of charismatic Christianity from the 1980s onwards. [64][66] Much of the growth has occurred after World War II, when decolonization of Africa and abolition of various restrictions against Protestants in Latin American countries occurred. [63][64][65][66] Since 1900, due primarily to conversion, Protestantism has spread rapidly in Africa, Asia, Oceania and Latin America. [285][286] According to a 2017 Pew Research Center survey, between 2010 and 2015 "an estimated 109 million babies were born to Hindu mothers and roughly 42 million Hindus died, meaning that the natural increase in the Hindus population i.e., the number of births minus the number of deaths was 67 million over this period". [38], According to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Hinduism (1.52%) is one of the six fastest-growing religions in the world, with high birth rates in India being cited as the major reasons of the Hindu population growth. The share of the global unaffiliated population living in Europe is projected to grow from 12% in 2010 to 13% in 2050. [43], According to scholars Miikka Ruokanen and Paulos Huang of University of Helsinki, the rebirth of traditional religion in China is faster and larger than the spread of other religions in the country, such as Buddhism and Christianity:[44]. [19][20][21][22][23], Statistical data on conversion to and from Islam are scarce. But individuals are now renouncing Islam at greater rates than ever before. [307] According to an earlier 2001 census, surveys found that there was an increase of 60,000 conversions to Islam in the United Kingdom. The number of officers leaving the police, in each of the last five years, is shown in Table 4.1 by reason for departure. Islam is now the second most popular religion on the planet with more . Some faiths grow exponentially at first (especially, for example, along trade routes[27] Thus, this report excludes religious conversion as a direct factor from the projection of Muslim population growth. [440][441][442], Because Bah's do not represent the majority of the population in any country,[443] and most often represent only a tiny fraction of countries' total populations,[444] there are problems of under-reporting. [487], The American Religious Identification Survey gives Wicca an average annual growth of 143% for the period 1990 to 2001 (from 8,000 to 134,000 U.S. data / similar for Canada & Australia). [359] By 2050 Asia will be home to (52.8%) of the world's Muslims, and about (24.3%) of the world's Muslims will live in Sub Saharan Africa, (20%) the Middle East and North Africa, and 2% in Europe. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, between 1965 and 1985 about 2.5million Indonesians converted from Islam to Christianity. More than 100 people gathered Thursday at a vigil in Arlington to honor the bald eagle, named MK, who was found struggling in a town cemetery on . [124][a] Countries with the largest numbers of Muslims converted to Christianity according to this study include Indonesia (6,500,000),[125] Nigeria (600,000),[125] Iran (500,000 versus only 500 in 1979),[125] the United States (450,000),[126] Ethiopia (400,000) and Algeria (380,000). At the end of 2017, the average age of the Israeli Druze was 27.9. 14/Mar/2021. [495][496] From the 10th century onwards,[497] Zoroastrians emigrated to Gujarat, India where they found asylum from unjust persecutions and since then are called Parsi, since Indians called Persia Faras and hence named them Parsi. Democratic Republic of Congo: Muslim fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces, which earlier pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), murdered at least 17 people, possibly many more, in the Christian-majority (95%) African nation. [228] By 2050, Christianity is expected to remain the majority religion in the United States (66.4%, down from 78.3% in 2010), and the number of Christians in absolute numbers is expected to grow from 243 million to 262million. [284] 79.8% of India's population is Hindu, accounting for about 90% of Hindus worldwide. 1615 L St. NW, Suite 800Washington, DC 20036USA Learn about Muslims and Islam through four short lessons delivered to your inbox every other day. In 2015, the internationally recognized religion was the second-largest international religion in Iran,[413] Panama,[414] Belize,[415] Bolivia,[416] Zambia,[417] and Papua New Guinea;[418] and the third-largest in Chad,[419] and Kenya. [460], According to Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, by 2050 unaffiliated or nonreligious are expected to account for 27% of North America total population (up from 17.1% as in 2010), and 23% of Europe total population (up from 18% as in 2010). Those who have left Islam are more likely to be immigrants from Iran (22%) than those who have not switched faiths (8%). [500][492], India has the world's largest Zoroastrian population who are called Parsis. In India, Islam was brought by various traders and rulers from Afghanistan and other places. Born in the . April 1, 2021, 8:23pm. Every year about 150 . Fertility Declining in the Middle East and North Africa, Recent changes and the future of fertility in Iran, Demographic implosion in Muslim societies, "Book excerpt: The 'Muslim tide' that wasn't", "Center wins NEH grant to study Salafism", "Uproar in Germany Over Salafi Drive to Hand Out Millions of Qurans", "Arab Invasions: The First Islamic Empire | History Today", "BBC - Religions - Islam: Early rise of Islam (632-700)", "BBC World Service | The Story of Africa", "Blent zdemir - Political Use of Conversion in the Nineteenth Century Ottoman Context: Some Cases From Salonica", "The Rights of Non-Muslims in Islam (part 1 of 13): An Islamic Basis". [334] A 2007 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report argued that some Muslim population projections are overestimated, as they assume that all descendants of Muslims will become Muslims even in cases of mixed parenthood. While in prison for robbery from 1946 to 1952, he underwent a conversion that eventually led him to join the Nation of Islam, an African American movement that combined elements of Islam with Black nationalism. Though exact numbers are difficult to tally, observers estimate that as many as 20,000 Americans convert to Islam annually. [319] While Muslim birth rates are expected to experience a decline, it will remain above replacement level and higher fertility than the world's overall by 2050. [312] According to The Huffington Post, "observers estimate that as many as 20,000 Americans convert to Islam annually. About a quarter say they preferred the beliefs or teachings of Islam to those of their prior religion, while 21% say they read religious texts or studied Islam before making the decision to switch. [98] According to Pew Research Center the number of Catholics in Africa has increased from one million in 1901 to 329,882,000 in 2010. Muslim women's low educational attainment is a likely factor; demographers find that higher educational attainment among women is tied to lower fertility rates". [348] [1] The Australian Bureau of Statistics, through statistical analysis, held Buddhism to be the fastest-growing spiritual tradition in Australia in terms of percentage gain, with a growth of 79.1% for the period 1996 to 2001 (200,000358,000). [102] On the other hand, Eric Kaufman, of University of London, argued that the main reason for the expansion of Catholicism and conservative Protestantism along with other religions is because their religions tend to be "pro-natal" and they have more children, and not due to religious conversion.[103]. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. Australian Bureau of Statistics (21 June 2012). [346] He further points out that Muslims are not a monolithic or cohesive group,[347] Most academics who have analysed the demographics dismiss the predictions that the EU will have Muslim majorities. There is an ongoing silent migration away from the church of an estimated 3,500 individuals each and every day. . According to Arvind Sharma, Hinduism "is typically quite comfortable with multiple religious participation, multiple religious affiliations, and even with multiple religious identities. 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 Islam's share. [305] A 2007 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report argued that some Muslim population projections are overestimated, as they assume that all descendants of Muslims will become Muslims even in cases of mixed parenthood. About a quarter of adults who were raised Muslim (23%) no longer identify as members of the faith, roughly on par with the share of Americans who were raised Christian and no longer identify with Christianity (22%), according to a new analysis of the 2014 Religious Landscape Study. While all these deaths are not attributable to ISIS alone, ISIS is . [68] The study also suggested that by 2050, the global Christian population will change considerably. Sure, there are people losing faith, leaving Islam or stopping practicing but it is a minority. It is an autonomous republic in Russia. [38] in 2018 a new data from the Gordon Theological Seminary shows that, for the first time ever, more number of Christians live in Africa than on any other single continent:[58] "The results show Africa on top with 631 million Christian residents, Latin America in 2nd place with 601 million Christians, and Europe in 3rd place with 571 million Christians". Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World, Size & Demographic Characteristics of Religious Groups, Muslims are a growing presence in U.S., but still face negative views from the public, Republicans account for a small but steady share of U.S. Muslims, The share of Americans who leave Islam is offset by those who become Muslim, New estimates show U.S. Muslim population continues to grow, 60% of Americans Would Be Uncomfortable With Provider Relying on AI in Their Own Health Care, Gender pay gap in U.S. hasnt changed much in two decades. [38], According to Mark Jrgensmeyer of the University of California, popular Protestantism is one of the most dynamic religious movements in the contemporary world. Professor Eric Kaufmann, whose academic specialization is how demography affects irreligion/religion/politics, wrote in 2012: In my book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? [385] However, the poll tax known as Jizyah may have played a part in converting people over to Islam but as Britannica notes "The rate of taxation and methods of collection varied greatly from province to province and were greatly influenced by local pre-Islamic customs" and there were even cases when Muslims had the tax levied against them, on top of Zakat. [340] Islam is widely considered as the fastest growing religion in Europe due primarily to immigration and above average birth rates. [118] Many Muslims who convert to Christianity face social and governmental persecution. In fact, a solid 55 percent of those who leave Islam stop identifying with a religion at all. Change of Name and Identity strategies, between Culture of Origin and Migration]", "Over 20,000 converted to Christianity since 1990 in Kashmir", "Report: Iran: Christian converts and house churches (1) prevalence and conditions for religious practice Translation provided by the Office of the Commissioner-General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, Belgium", "Iranians Turn Away from the Islamic Republic", "Iran: Christians and Christian converts - Department of Justice", "2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Iran", "Are Iran's Christian converts at greater risk after Soleimani's demise? [47] From 2015 to 2016, Africa saw an increase of more than 6,265,000 Catholics. [1] According to them, there was a fast annual growth of Buddhism in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and several Western European countries (19102010). The absolute number of Muslims is also expected to increase in regions with smaller Muslim populations such as Europe and North America,[360] due to young age & relatively high fertility rate. [338], It is often reported from various sources, including the German domestic intelligence service (Bundesnachrichtendienst), that Salafism is the fastest-growing Islamic movement in the world. And many people who left last year are coming back too. [336][337][b] A survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 2017 found that conversion has a negative impact on the growth of the Muslim population in Europe, with roughly 160,000 more people leaving Islam than converting into Islam between 2010 and 2016. [119][120][121][127][128][129][130], Christians of Muslim background communities can be found in Afghanistan,[131][132] Albania,[133][134][135][136][137][138] Algeria,[139][140][141][142][143] Argentina,[144] Australia,[124] Austria,[145][146] Azerbijan,[147][148] Bangladesh,[149][150] Belgium,[124] Bosnia and Herzegovina,[124] Bulgaria,[151] Canada,[124] Denmark,[152][153] Egypt,[124] Ethiopia,[124] Finland,[154][155] France,[124][156] Georgia (Abkhazia),[157] Germany,[158] Greece,[159][160] India (kashmir),[161] Iran,[162][163][164][165][166][167] Iraq,[168] Kazakhstan,[169] Kosovo,[170][171] Kyrgyzstan,[172][173] Lebanon,[174] Malaysia,[175] Morocco,[176][177][178][179][180] the Netherlands,[181][153] Nigeria,[124] Russia,[124] Saudi Arabia,[124] Singapore,[182] Sweden,[183][184] Syria,[185] Tanzania,[124] Tajikistan,[186] Tunisia,[187][188] Turkey,[189][190][191][192] United Kingdom,[193][194] the United States,[195][196] Uzbekistan,[197] and other countries. [7] While according to various scholars and sources Pentecostalism a Protestant Christian movement is the fastest growing religion in the world,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] this growth is primarily due to religious conversion and denomination switching among Christians. [95][96][97], In 1900, there were only 8.7million[47] adherents of Christianity in Africa, while in 2010 there were 390 million. According to statistics in Canada, the number of "Nones" increased by about 60% between 1985 and 2004. [511] The Zoroastrian Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has said that as many as 14,000 people in Iraqi Kurdistan have converted to Zoroastrianism recently, with community leaders repeating this and speculating that even more Zoroastrians in the region are practicing their faith secretly. The Next Christendom: The Rise of Global Christianity. Feb. 3, 2013. According to Johnson and Grim, Buddhism has grown from a total of 138 million adherents in 1910, of which 137million were in Asia, to 495million in 2010, of which 487million are in Asia. [122] Many people who convert to Christianity face persecution. In addition, those with religious beliefs tend to have higher birth rates than the secular population, with fundamentalists having far larger families. ", "Sikhs fastest-growing minority in NZ: Census", "There could be more Sikhs in the future maybe", "Our year-long exploration of religions ends with Unitarianian Universalism and paganism", "PRLog (Press Release) "Wicca"- The Fastest Growing Belief System in the World Today! [123] The 2015 Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census study published by Baylor University institute for studies of religion estimates that 10.2 million Muslims converted to Christianity based on global missionary data. [448] (See the geographic distribution of atheism. He also states that Muslims & Non-Muslims fertility rate difference will decrease from 0.7 to 0.4 and this different will continue to shrink as a result of which Muslims and non-Muslims fertility rate will be identical by 2050. [397] The diaspora countries, by contrast, have low Jewish birth rates, an increasingly elderly age composition, and a negative balance of people leaving Judaism versus those joining. [citation needed]. (Ms Lewthwaite reportedly had a close relationship with Muslim neighbours during her youth.) Religious conversions havent had a large impact on the size of the U.S. Muslim population, largely because about as many Americans convert to Islam as leave the faith. [52] In 2010, 26% of the world's Christians lived in Europe, followed by 24.4% in Latin America and the Caribbean, 23.8% in Sub-Saharan Africa, 13.2% in Asia and the Pacific, 12.3% in North America, and 1% in the Middle East and North Africa. [35] The decline is due to several factors such as the low fertility level among Buddhists (1.6 children per woman),[36] and the old age (median age of 34), compared to the overall population. When asked to specify why they became Muslim, converts give a variety of reasons. [24] According to a study published in 2011 by Pew Research, what little information is available may suggests that religious conversion has no net impact on the Muslim population, as the number of people who convert to Islam is roughly similar to those who leave Islam. "They were reporting on the mass conversions of Muslimsas many as 6-8 millionin sub-Saharan, Africa, and they have repeated the warning every year," he said. [49] According to a 2017 Pew Research Center survey, by 2060 Christians will remain the world's largest religion; and the number of Christians will reach 3.05billion (or 31.8%). Kalmykia is the only Buddhist majority region in Europe. Such forecasts cannot be validated empirically and are contentious, but are useful for comparison. As to how that happened, well there are now 1.5 million churches whose congregations account for 46 million people. But while the share of American Muslim adults who are converts to Islam also is about one-quarter (23%), a much smaller share of current Christians (6%) are converts. mo brings plenty, marine forecast for stuart florida,