It’s illegal to kill anyone. [69] And according to a 2012 Pew Research Center survey, within the next four decades, Christians will remain the world's largest religion; if current trends continue, by 2050 the number of Christians will reach 2.9 billion (or 31.4%).
[32] It has established Bahá'í Houses of Worship by continental region and been the object of interest and support of diverse non-Bahá'í notable people from Leo Tolstoy[33] to Khalil Gibran[34] to Mohandas K. Gandhi[35] to Desmond Tutu. Hindus made up about 15% of the population in 2010, when there were 1 billion Hindus in the world. Here is the list of Top 10 Biggest and Largest Religions in the World 2019. [179] According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, between 1965 and 1985 about 2.5 million Indonesian converted from Islam to Christianity. [69] In Nigeria, the percentage of Christians has grown from 21.4%, in 1953, to 50.8%, in 2010. [198], Hinduism is the fastest-growing religion in Ireland, predominantly a Christian country. Video producers: Suniti Singh and Tulika Bhatnagar; Video editor: Michael Latham; Images courtesy of AP/AFP/Getty. On the other hand, the secular West and East Asia has very low fertility and a rapidly aging population. : Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century, I argue that 97% of the world's population growth is taking place in the developing world, where 95% of people are religious. [170], It is reported that around 5,000 British people convert to Islam every year (most of them are women). [259], In 2010 Asia was home for (62%) of the world's Muslims, and about (20%) of the world's Muslims lived in the Middle East and North Africa, (16%) in Sub Saharan Africa, and 2% in Europe. [14][15][16], Some religions proselytise vigorously (Christianity and Islam, for example), others (such as Judaism) do not generally encourage conversions into their ranks. Outside of India, the largest Sikh communities are in the United Kingdom (at about 300,000 members), the United States (at about 120,000 members), and Canada (at about 200,000 members). [73] According to Pew Research Center study, by 2050 the number of Christians in absolute number is expected to grow to more than double in the next few decades,[74] from 517 million to 1.1 billion in Sub Saharan Africa,[74] from 531 million to 665 million in Latin America and Caribbean,[74] from 287 million to 381 million in Asia,[74] and from 266 million to 287 million in North America. Christianity is growing faster than the population. Indeed, there are as many Millennials who say they “never” attend religious services (22%) as there are who say they go at least once a week (22%).
[78] The Vatican's 2008 yearbook of statistics revealed that for the first time, Islam has outnumbered the Roman Catholics globally. Surely that’s all over the world from so many diasporas. "[207] The growth of Islam from 2010 to 2020 has been estimated at 1.70%[11] due to high birthrates in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050, Incredibly Detailed Maps Of The World’s Religions, World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored & Explained, The Illustrated World’s Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions. Don’t follow haters. [172] On the other hand, demographer Conrad Hackett of Pew Research Center stated that the World Christian Encyclopedia gives a higher estimate for percent Christian when compared to other cross-national data sets. [235] Studies show that about half of the 4.2 million persons from Muslim background in Germany are no longer embrace Islam in adulthood. [285], The American Religious Identification Survey gives Wicca an average annual growth of 143% for the period 1990 to 2001 (from 8,000 to 134,000 – U.S. data / similar for Canada & Australia). Plus the Bible has got many versions like ccb,csb., King James version etc some keep revising it and then take out the verses that aren’t according to the science and publish. [251] Eric Kaufman of University of London denied the claims of Eurabia.