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7 Fastest Growing Religions You Need to Know in 2025 Religious demographics now change at an unprecedented rate in human history.
Only By Land Travel Blog ^ | December 19th, 2024 | James Smith

Posted on 02/24/2025 2:41:53 PM PST by daniel1212

Islam leads global religious growth with 2.04 billion adherents worldwide, representing 25% of the global population.

Growth Statistics and Projections of Islam

Muslim population expands rapidly, and projections show a 70% increase between 2015 and 2060.  This growth surpasses the expected 32% increase in global population during the same period.  Muslims will likely reach near parity with Christians by 2050, reaching 2.8 billion followers that represent 30% of the world’s population.

Factors Driving Islamic Population Growth

Three main factors drive Islam’s rapid expansion:

Geographic Distribution of Muslim Growth

Muslim populations show clear patterns of concentration and growth across regions:

RegionCurrent StatusProjected Growth
Asia-PacificLargest concentration (62% of Muslims)Expected to reach 1.5 billion by 2050
Middle East & North Africa93% Muslim populationProjected to reach 94% by 2050
Sub-Saharan Africa30% Muslim populationExpected to reach 35% by 2050
Europe6% current Muslim shareProjected to reach 10% by 2050

Asia sees the most notable regional changes.  India will surpass Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population.  Europe’s Muslim population will grow by 63% between 2010 and 2050, while the overall European population decreases by 6%.

Demographics shift dramatically in countries with large Muslim minorities.  India’s Muslim population will increase from 14.9% in 2015 to 19.4% by 2060.  Nigeria‘s population will change from a roughly equal Christian-Muslim split to a Muslim majority of 60.5% by 2060.[...]

Christianity’s Global Growth Trends

Christians worldwide are growing at 1.08% each year.  This rate edges slightly above the global population growth. .[...]<

Regional Christian Population Changes

Christian demographics show a dramatic move from the Global North to the Global South.  Europe’s Christian population dropped from 66% in 1910 to 25.6% in 2010.  Sub-Saharan Africa tells a different story.  The region’s Christian population jumped from 9% in 1910 to 63% in 2010.[...]

Evangelical Christianity shows remarkable expansion. Numbers jumped from 98 million believers in 1970 to more than 342 million today. The Global South leads this surge.


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To: Big Red Badger
You'll find those folks preparing for the upcoming Festivus season.
21 posted on 02/24/2025 6:37:13 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

22 posted on 02/24/2025 7:02:30 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12; wita

Now if there only were a chart showing the Born-into children that end up being Flee-from adults...


23 posted on 02/25/2025 5:17:09 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ansel12

I guess the Pasties and the Shakers fall under the Nips category.


24 posted on 02/25/2025 5:19:00 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: daniel1212

Ping


25 posted on 02/25/2025 7:21:07 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Elsie

...and pray tell how that would matter in the scheme of things?

They are here, they are already statistics for a moment in time.

Which moment are you wanting?


26 posted on 02/26/2025 1:13:22 AM PST by wita (Under oath since May 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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To: wita
It might show how well the religions are indoctrinating uh, teaching their children.
 
https://youtu.be/VPf6ITsjsgk

27 posted on 02/26/2025 4:57:36 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

28 posted on 02/26/2025 5:01:34 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: plain talk
- Children born into Muslim families stay muslim and they will kill you if you leave the faith

- Children born into _____families stay _____and they will SHUN you if you leave the faith

29 posted on 02/26/2025 5:03:48 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: plain talk

Children NOT born into _____families and never accept _____ while alive will be identified after death and proxy baptized, thereby giving them a chance to finally see the light and become a _____.


30 posted on 02/26/2025 5:07:07 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Thanks for the ping (though I was the OP).


31 posted on 02/26/2025 6:19:19 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: Elsie

Yeah ... some of that too.


32 posted on 02/26/2025 7:38:22 AM PST by plain talk
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