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In 1900 Muslims only numbered 200 million followers or 12% of the world population. This percentage drastically increased over the last 100 years due to higher birth rate in Muslim majority countries. [7] [8] Pew Research have estimated the number will be around 2.2 billion in 2030 and 2.8 billion, or 30 percent of world population, in 2050.
Current world estimates Pew Research Center made its "Population Growth Projections, 2010–2050" [2] based on 2010 baseline estimates. Although 2020 is already in the past, new estimates for 2020 are still work in progress. [3] Their methodology is published as an appendix. [4]
The population of the Arab world as estimated in 2022 was 464.68 million inhabitants, [1] But there's no exact figures of the annual population growth, fertility rate, or mortality rate are known to exist.
Studies in the 21st century suggest that, in terms of percentage and worldwide spread, [1] [2] Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in the world. [3] A comprehensive religious forecast for 2050 by the Pew Research Center predicts that the global Muslim population will grow at a faster rate than the Christian population – primarily due to the average younger age, and higher fertility ...
The 2022 projections from the United Nations Population Division (chart #1) show that annual world population growth peaked at 2.3% per year in 1963, has since dropped to 0.9% in 2023, equivalent to about 74 million people each year, and could drop even further to minus 0.1% or start going higher like between 1 to 2.5% or higher by 2100 its possible there may be a baby boom in the 2050s to ...
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [21] [22] [23] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...
The population of Yemen was about 33 million according to 2021 estimates, [4] [5] with 46% of the population being under 15 years old and 2.7% above 65 years. In 1950, it was 4.3 million. [6] [7] By 2050, the population is estimated to increase to about 60 million. [8]
By 2010 it was estimated that 93% of the populations in the Middle East and North Africa were Muslim, [3] although this information can vary from the availability of the sources each country provides. Even with a majority Muslim population, diverse states in the region do not proclaim Islam as the official religion.