WORLD RELIGIONS GROWTH PROJECTION, 2010-2050
Estimated religious growth in the world during the period 2010-2050 as per the findings of Pew Research Center, USA, gives an insight to researchers of growth of religions the world over. The important findings are: * The number of Muslims will equal the number of Christians around the world. *The Hindu and Jewish population will become larger while the Buddhist population remain the same * India will retain a Hindu majority while the Muslims will become the largest of any country in the world, surpassing Indonesia. * In USA Christians will decline from more than three quarters of the population of 2010 to two thirds in 2050. *Muslims will be more numerous in US than people who identify as Jewish on the basis of religion. * Four out of every 10 Christians in the world will live in Sub-Saharan Africa. The projected change from 2010 to 2050 Christian - 2.17 to 2.92 billion Muslims - 1.6 to 2.76 billion Hindus - 1.03 to 1.38 billion In percentage Christi...