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

Christian - 31.4% to 31.4%

Muslims - 23.2% to 29.7%

Hindus - 15% to 14.9%

Countries will not have Christian majority in 2050

                     2010           2050

Australia       67.3%.         47.0%

U K                 64.3%          45.4%

France           63.0%          44.1%  

New Zealand 57.0%         45.1%

Netherlands. 50.6%          49.1%

(Indebted to Pew Research Center, Washington DC, USA)

K V George