Islam grew approximately three times as fast as Christianity between 2010 and 2020, spurred by higher birth rates and lower rates of de-conversion, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.
The global population of Muslims rose by nearly 21% over the ten-year span, while the number of Christians only grew by around 6%, according to data from the study, which was released last week.
The new research covered thousands of censuses and surveys in 201 countries and focused on seven groups: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, other religions, and individuals who do not identify with any particular religion.
Islam is set to grow to become the world’s largest religion in years ahead, unless trend lines shift, Â said Conrad Hackett, the lead researcher at the Pew Research Center and the main author of the study, according to The Washington Post.
The number of Muslims also grew twice as fast as the rest of the world’s population, which expanded by 10% during the same decade. Islam also gained more individual followers than all non-Muslim religions combined during the decade, the research indicated.
The study cited higher birth rates and a younger average age among adherents of Islam as key reasons for the growth.
On average, a Muslim woman was estimated to have 2.9 children during her lifetime, compared to 2.2 for non-Muslim women, the research suggested, citing 2015-2020 data.
New converts and those leaving the faith had little impact on the growth, as both averaged about 1% during the 2010’s, according to the study.
Despite growing more slowly, Christianity had remained the world’s largest religion, with 2.3 billion followers in 2020, while Islam held second place with 2 billion, the research indicated.
While the number of Christians grew within the ten-year period, the religion’s overall share of the global population shrank by nearly 2%, according to the data.
The Christian population growth has tapered due to high rates of people leaving to become religiously unaffiliated, according to the study.
Despite relatively high fertility rates among adherents, the faith witnessed a net loss of 11.6 adults for every 100 adults who were raised as Christian.
It was striking to see such a dramatic shift in just a decade, pointing out that the Muslim and Christian populations had grown closer in size as Islam expanded more rapidly than any other major faith on Planet Earth.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
Muslim men are not allowed any contact with Muslim women if they are not married to so they diddle little Muslim boys. Of course, there’s also the opportunity to marry a prepubescent girl for sex.
I’ll tell you exactly why. It’s becuase the churches in the west is tell people it’s okay for men to suck cock and women to have sex and that sodomy is normal. That there is fact. The Christian churches preach moral filth and Muslims know it’s wrong.
Divorce for Muslim men (Muslim women can’t divorce) is saying, «I divorce you» three times in a row. Sex with certain animals is OK if they follow the rules to become ‘clean’ afterwards.
muslim CULT SO CALLED RELIGION STARTED BY A VERY SEXUAL DEVIATE , MOO HAM MAD TOLD HIS MUSLIMS IN THIER QURAN ITS OKAY TO HAVE SEX WITH ANIMALS , ANAL SEX WITH LITTLE OR YOUNG BOYS AND MARRY AND HAVE SEX WITH A 3 YEAR OLD LITTLE BABY GIRL . MOO HAM MAD WAS VERY MENTALLY DERANGED . THERE HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE CATHOLIC PRIESTS , BISHOPS , CARDINALS , RABBI’S AND PROTESTANT REVERENDS ? PASTORS THAT HAVE AND ARE HAVING SEX WITH VERY YOUNG BOYS AND VERY YOUNG GIRLS ALSO EVEN WITH MEN AND MARRIED WOMEN AND NUNS… Read more »
This is an informational website, not a political one !
muslims HAVE SEX WITH ANIMALS HAVE ANAL SEX WITH LITTLE AND YOUNG BOYS AND MARRY AND HAVE SEX WITH YOUNG GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 3 YEARS OLD muslims RE JUST AS BAD IF NOT MUCH WORSE
No surprise ! In England Christians total 46 % ,its even worse in a Faith survey = 30 % the UK is judged to be one of the most irreligious countries in the world. Scotland has approx 77,000 Muslims ( a slight increase ) while Jews in Scotland are now less than 6,000 . To me its all down to Woke and PC daily in adverts/media conversations prominence is given to minority groups in every aspect of life including the Law ,also there are different Laws for males as opposed to females- many females get light sentences for murder while… Read more »
Yeah, Islam is the very model of morality. BTW, what Christian church are you going to that they preach what you say and why did you choose that church to attend of churches like in Holland are turned into disco’s and other social entertainment prospective’s.
Muslim men are not allowed any contact with Muslim women if they are not married to so they diddle little Muslim boys. Of course, there’s also the opportunity to marry a prepubescent girl for sex.
LETS NOT FORGET muslim MEN HAVE SEX WITH ANIMALS ,NO DOGS THEY HATE DOGS . MOO HAM MAD SAYS IN HIS TEACHINGS IN THE QURAN ITS OKAY FOR muslim MEN TO HAVE SEX WITH ANIMALS , HAVE ANAL SEX WITH VERY YOUNG BOYS ( SAW THIS IN AFGHANISTAN OFTEN MOST WERE TALIBAN MEN ESPECIALLY ) RAPE OF MARRIED WOMEN AND EVEN LITTLE GIRLS . IT’S AN INSANE CULT NOT A RELIGION
150 law suites of sexual abuse have been filed against New York,s Heredi community also New York,s DA has brought charges against Yeshiva teachers /Rabbi,s/camp Councillors/Brooklyn child matchmaker . And of course the Talmud allows females /children and even men to be sexually abused as it calls non Jews “animals “. Then we go to the Catholic church – just look at the expose,s – Canadian home for native children young boys/young girls sexually assaulted , even in Scotland a certain Catholic boys football team most of the boys were raped – yes the convicted Catholics were imprisoned . Its… Read more »
Your absolutely correct Donnachadh the sexual abuse ,rape sodomy is universal everywhere and the worst part of it this has been going on since maybe before B.C.
So much for Muslim hatred?