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The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam [ 1] or to societies in which Islam is practiced. [ 2][ 3] In a modern geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries in which Islam ...
Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number approximately 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians. [ 8 ] Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times through earlier prophets and messengers ...
The Middle East-North Africa region hosts 23% of the world's Muslims, and Islam is the dominant religion in every country in the region [25] other than Israel. [9] The country with the single largest population of Muslims is Indonesia in Southeast Asia, which on its own hosts 13% of the world's Muslims. [26]
Europe. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in Europe. [ 24][ 25] According to the Pew Research Center, the Muslim population in Europe (excluding Turkey) was about 30 million in 1990, and 44 million in 2010; the Muslim share of the population increased from 4.1% in 1990 to 6% in 2010. [ 3]
With about 1.8 billion followers (2015), almost a quarter of earth's population, [109] Islam is the second-largest and the fastest-growing religion in the world, [110] primarily due to the young age and high fertility rate of Muslims, [111] with Muslims having a rate of (3.1) compared to the world average of (2.5).
The population of the Arab world as estimated in 2022 was 464.68 million inhabitants, [ 1] but no exact figures of the annual population growth, fertility rate, or mortality rate are known to exist. Most of the Arab population is concentrated in and around major urban areas. [citation needed]
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]
Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number approximately 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians. Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times through earlier prophets and messengers, including ...