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This expected growth is much larger than any other religious group. [316] Muslims are likely to constitute roughly 26.3% of the world's total population by 2030. [317] This expected growth is attributed to Muslim families generally having more children as well as the fact that the Muslim population has the youngest median age of any religion. [316]
This compares with the 32% growth of world population during the same period. [2] According to a study published in 2011 by Pew Research, whilst there is a lack of reliable data, religious conversion might have no net impact on the Muslim population as the number of people who convert to Islam is thought to be similar to those who leave Islam.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
As of 2016, there were 1.7 billion Muslims, [10] [11] with one out of four people in the world being Muslim, [12] making Islam the second-largest religion. [13] Out of children born from 2010 to 2015, 31% were born to Muslims, [14] and currently Islam is the world's fastest-growing major religion. [15] [16] [17]
According to the Pew Research Center, Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion, with its population expected to increase by 70% between 2015 and 2060, compared to the global population growth of 32%. [1] = *According to The Jerusalem Post, in the United Kingdom and France, up to 100,000 people converted in the last decade in each country. [2]
Public worship ceremony at the Temple of Shennong-Yandi, in Suizhou, Hubei. 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), [44] of which 173 million (13%) practice some form of Taoist-defined folk faith. [44]
The Muslim population of the world map by percentage of each country, according to the Pew Forum (assessed on 29 June 2014). Islam by country World percentage of Muslims by country
With about 1.8 billion followers (2015), almost a quarter of earth's population, [110] Islam is the second-largest and the fastest-growing religion in the world, [111] primarily due to the young age and high fertility rate of Muslims, [112] with Muslims having a rate of (3.1) compared to the world average of (2.5).