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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]
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 ...
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]
According to the Pew Research Center in 2017, the largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a country home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.1%), India (10.9%) and Bangladesh (9.2%). [ 8][ 19] About 20% of Muslims live in the Arab world. [ 20]
Muslims make up a majority of the population in 49 countries. Approximately 12% of the world's Muslims live in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country; 31% live in South Asia; 20% live in the Middle East–North Africa; and 15% live in sub-Saharan Africa. Muslim communities are also present in the Americas, China, and Europe.
Islam – population of Muslims on percentage by global subdivisions, 2022 estimates. Ummah (/ ˈ ʊ m ə /; [1] Arabic: أُمَّة) is an Arabic word meaning "nation". [citation needed] It is distinguished from shaʻb (شَعْب, "people"), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, Ummah can be said to be a supra ...
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).
By 2050 Asia will be home to (52.8%) of the world's Muslims, and about (24.3%) of the world's Muslims will live in Sub Saharan Africa, (20%) the Middle East and North Africa, and 2% in Europe. As per the Pew Research study, Muslim populations will grow in absolute number in all regions of the world between 2010 and 2050.