India will have more Muslims than Indonesia.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: A new study by the Pew research center has revealed that although Christians will remain the largest religious group around the world, Islam will grow faster than any other religion.
If current trends continue, Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians around the world by 2050. According to Pew’s projections, by 2050 there will be near parity between Muslims (2.8 billion, or 30 percent of the population) and Christians (2.9 billion, or 31 percent).
India in particular will retain a Hindu majority but will simultaneously have the largest Muslim population of any country in the world, surpassing Indonesia.
Worldwide, the Hindu population is expected to rise 34 percent from a little over 1 billion to nearly 1.4 billion.
Globally, Pew’s research indicates Muslims have the highest fertility rate, with an average of 3.1 children per woman, which is well above the replacement level of 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population. Christians are second, at 2.7 children per woman while Hindu fertility (2.4) is similar to the global average (2.5).
Another important factor of growth is the current age distribution of each religious group – whether subscribers to the faith are predominantly young with prime childbearing year ahead or not.
In 2010, more than a quarter of the world’s total population (27 percent) was under the age of 15. But an even higher percentage of Muslims (34 percent) and Hindus (30 percent) were younger than 15, while the number of Christians under 15 matched the global average exactly (27 percent). The skew towards youth is one of the prime reasons that Muslims are projected to grow faster than the world’s overall population while Hindus and Christians are projected to roughly keep pace.
Towards the end of its report, Pew noted that by 2050 Muslims are projected to make up more than 50 percent of the population in 51 countries, two more than in 2010.
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So what?
With so much of intolerance amongst themselves (shia vs sunni etc) and the pathetically misunderstood but rampant religious philosophy to “exterminate” other religions which is spreading roots world wide, it is an expected future of more blood shed except that this time around it will be world wide…
I mean arent there “real men” amongst Muslims who have truly understood the meaning of religion and the concept of God???
good one,every religion has the same you have (vanniyars,brahmins,nadars,dalit etc)are they all together,first think to whom you are pointing,we have only two,but u have so many ,hard to find and think of that,respect all the religion and give way to equality.ARUN,you are pathetic and onesided.never come to conclusion,u dnt know islam and its philosophy,i dnt know hinduism and i cnt point anyone.we pray together in mosque in equality and never show rich or poor,all stand in equal line and pray to god,but in yours untouchability,brahmins dominate,dalits cannot enter temple inside premises.are they not humans crerated by god,why such a partiality,think and say anything for other religion……
After reading the Quran I have found Islam to be a good way to lead human life and to lessen human suffering. My visit to a mosque to join my friend during all the days of Ramdan while fasting without swallowing my own saliva gave me an opportunity to connect to God and more importantly to participate in the joy of giving from heart.
The only problem that i faced as a curious learner is the closing of doors over any questions to try and understand Islam further and it was surprising that the followers of Islam while not being to answer simple reasoning behind rituals or principles said that in Islam one is not supposed to ask questions but blindly follow.
While it is unfortunate that the Hindu philosophy of leading life has been misconstrued the wau you have rightly pointed out, the fact remains that none of them indulge in slaughtering innocent school children the way your fellow muslim brothers slaughtered innocent children in Pakistan. You will not find either the Hindus, however extremist or any other religious commnity resorting to such butchery the way it is being done unfortunately by the same brothers who stand beside you in mosque praying to God.
While I accept to the way religion has been misconstrued in Hinduism, i guess you have turned a blind eye to the attrocities being committed as on date world wide by the followers of Islam against other followers of Islam and other religions. I dont think i need to point to Syria, Iraq, Saudi, Xinhua, and the recently Islamized Europe.
The fact remains that the safest place for followers of Islam is in India… A fact you cannot diagree with nor try to felude yourself from… Have a peaceful stay in India ..
yes dude,i accept,india is the safest place,more over it is my mother country,i was born and will die in my homeland india,we live as brothers,comparing to the outer world,we know our limit and stand beside each other,whereas outside they die and kill for the sake of religion.cool,keep rocking india and i love and being a human and born indian.