Religion in flux: Islam surges, Christianity shrinks; Hinduism holds steady

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Why these changes? Demographics vs switching

Islam's growth is fueled primarily by demographics: a youthful age-structure (average Muslim age 24 vs non-Muslim 33), higher fertility rates, and comparatively low levels of religious switching.Demographic drivers

• Pew outlines critical demographic influences shaping religious group sizes.
• Age structure: Younger populations naturally grow faster due to more people in childbearing years.
• Fertility rates: Higher birth rates lead to larger natural population increase.
• Mortality rates also play a role, though less emphasized.
• Muslims benefit from both a youthful demographic and high fertility; Hindus hover near the global fertility average; Jews lag due to older age profiles. Buddhists, meanwhile, are shrinking from both demographic disadvantages and religious switching.

Religious Switching

• Switching-either toward or away from religion-has been a game-changer.
• Christians experienced notable losses due to large numbers disaffiliating.
• The unaffiliated gained primarily through former Christians leaving religion-a shift powerful enough to overcome biological disadvantages.
• Conversion rates are low or negligible for Hindus and Jews, so these groups held steady; Buddhists declined partly due to people de-identifying .

[Sam480]

This is interesting

[Spartan]

1 minute ago, Sam480 said:

 

This is interesting

• Switching-either toward or away from religion-has been a game-changer.
• Christians experienced notable losses due to large numbers disaffiliating.
• The unaffiliated gained primarily through former Christians leaving religion-a shift powerful enough to overcome biological disadvantages.

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1 minute ago, Spartan said:

• Switching-either toward or away from religion-has been a game-changer.
• Christians experienced notable losses due to large numbers disaffiliating.
• The unaffiliated gained primarily through former Christians leaving religion-a shift powerful enough to overcome biological disadvantages.

In the coming years majority of the xtians would be coming from Africa and not Europe and America's

The US research organisation for the study of religion and public life has estimated that Africa has the world’s third largest Catholic population and fast-growing Pentecostal churches. It says that by 2050, the number of Christians in Africa will double, meaning that 40% of the world’s Christian population will live in sub-Saharan Africa.

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In the coming years majority of the xtians would be coming from Africa and not Europe and America's

The US research organisation for the study of religion and public life has estimated that Africa has the world’s third largest Catholic population and fast-growing Pentecostal churches. It says that by 2050, the number of Christians in Africa will double, meaning that 40% of the world’s Christian population will live in sub-Saharan Africa.

kaani akkada ethnic cleansing to lepestaru le....muslims will be majority in rest of sub-urban africa also..spread

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