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Most populous religions6/5/2023 ![]() Christians made up the same 31.4% in 2010 Muslims 23.2%. Christians are predicted to be 31.4% of the planet's population vs. The world's two largest religions will be near parity by 2050. "The very rapid growth of population, combined with limited opportunities even for the educated young people, but particularly for less educated ones, has created social and therefore political tensions and that has fueled things like immigration to Western countries, political upheaval," Voas say. Such conditions can give rise to extremist violence, he says. Such a dramatic change raises questions about whether global conflicts between radical Muslim groups and Western nations with Christian majorities will become more inflamed in the decades ahead.Ī slight shift by one major world religion to numerical dominance may not, by itself, create problems, but underlying factors of rapid population growth in poor countries can drive economic hardship, migration and political unrest, says David Voas, professor of population studies at England's Institute for Social and Economic Research. While Christianity will remain a dominant global religion, it will lose majority religious status in countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Australia. ![]() ![]() Islam is projected to grow more than twice as fast as any other major religion over the next half century because of a higher fertility rate. Muslims will outnumber Christians by 2070, ending two millenniums of Christian dominance going back to the birth of Jesus Christ, projections released Thursday by the Pew Research Center show. ![]()
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