This means that malis population will almost quadruple over the next 80 years. Pdf the birth of islam over fourteen centuries ago was a monumental event in human history with an everlasting effect on humanity. Muslims are people who follow or practice islam, a monotheistic abrahamic religion. While muslims are found on all five inhabited continents, more than 60% of the global muslim population is in asia and about 20% in the middle east and north africa.
In recent years, 33% of the worlds babies were born to christians, which is slightly greater than the. Between 2010 and 2015, an estimated 31% of babies born in the world were to muslim parents, far exceeding the 24% share of the worlds population held by muslims. This statistic shows the leading cities in england by muslim population at the time of the 2011 census. This added about 593,000 people to the population from 2019 to 2020. Mro, most muslim population in the americas can only trace their immigration to the twentieth century. Encountering the world of islam ewi guides you on a journey into the lives of muslims around the world and in your neighborhood.
Indias muslim population council on foreign relations. J7oreword v translators note x1 preface xvi contents before the advent of prophet mu. Onefifth of the world s muslims live as minorities in non muslim countries, with the largest of these populations in india and china. Statistics about the muslim population of the world. Adherents of islam constitute the world s second largest religious group. Adherents of islam constitute the worlds second largest religious group. The future global muslim population pew research center. This pie chart, created from the pew research center world distribu pdf and.
Muslims as a share of world population, 19902030 5. World distribution of muslim population uchicago voices. All data collected from authentic sources and calculated the muslim population in each countries and continents. The worlds christian population also has continued to grow, but more modestly. Currently, indonesia has the worlds largest muslim population. The list of countries that make up each region can be found in the section titled world muslim population by region and country. Islam in indonesia is the largest majority of muslims in the world. You can know the ratio of population in every country. In order to examine variation between muslims and nonmuslims within countries, we exclude from our sample countries where less than one percent or more than 99 percent of the adult population selfidentifies as a muslim.
Why the worlds muslim population is growing so very, very. While indonesia currently has the largest population of muslims, projections suggest that by 2050 india will have the worlds largest population of muslims, with estimates expected to reach at least 300 million. While indonesia currently has the largest population of muslims, projections suggest that by 2050 india will have the world s largest population of muslims, with estimates expected to reach at least 300 million. According to some sources muslim populations in india, china, nigeria, tanzania, ethiopia,erittria and in some other countries are displayed less than. Around 62% of the worlds muslims live in asia, with over 683 million adherents in such countries as indonesia the largest muslim country by population, home to 15. Onefifth of the worlds muslims live as minorities in nonmuslim countries, with the largest of these populations in india and china. Encountering the world of islam embracing muslims with. World population ranking muslim population ranking alphabetical order percentage order. Indias muslim population, by most measures the worlds second largest after that of indonesia, has suffered physically and economically at the hands of extremists in the countrys majority.
In fact, the muslim population in the new world, both in size and in percentage, remains the lowest in comparison with other continents. The derivation of muslim is from an arabic word meaning. Why the worlds muslim population is growing so very, very quickly. Only 15% of muslims are arab middle east 62% of the world muslim population lives in asia and 20% in the mena region middle east and north africa 300 million muslims, live in countries where islam is not the largest religion. The world in muslim populations, every country listed. This report was produced by pew research center as part of the pewtempleton global religious.
Middleeastern and northafrican countries only account for 20% of the muslim population. Related pew research muslim population by percentage. However, muslims are still well underrepresented in number and percentage in the americas and oceania. According to pew research, conversion from other reasons to islam does not. List of countries by muslim population religionwiki. Top 10 largest muslim populations in the world muslim. A pew study says the muslim population is growing, but they are still a tiny fraction of the overall picture.
Islamic finance and financial inclusion world bank. And if current demographic trends continue, the muslim population is expected to exceed the number of christians by the end of this century, pew said. While the total european population increased from 548 million in 1950 to 744 million by 2020, the. Muslim population in japan increases with islamic demands. The largest muslim country is indonesia, where an estimated 229 million muslims are. It is either a large population like indonesia were 87.
The majority of muslims also follow the teachings and practices of muhammad as recorded in traditional accounts. With current trends, it will take 220 years for indias. In this book, the world is divided into five continents, each of which is further divided into nonoverlapping regions, and these in turn are divided into current countries. With the oil crisis years in the 1970s, the japanese mass media had given space to the muslim world in general, and the arab world in particular, after realizing the importance of these countries for the japanese economy. World population and muslim population during in billions from 20002015 and predictions from 20152100 with shrinking point for world population and muslims in the year 2100. Which country or countries does not have any muslim. The muslim world, founded in 1911, is dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of scholarly research on islam and muslim societies and on historical and current aspects of muslimchristian relations. The muslim population is limited to a maximum of 35% of the world population according to the most optimistic available study 2. Muslims consider the quran, their holy book, to be the verbatim word of god as revealed to the islamic prophet and messenger muhammad. The total population of the americas increased from 339 million in 1950 to 1,054 million by 2020. Islam could be the secondlargest religion in the us.
According to data published by ipsos, indian respondents overestimated the proportion of muslim population in their country. Top 10 muslim populations in 2016 more than 1 billion muslims live in asia. The 2010 population census data showed that there were around 87. South asia contains the largest population of muslims in the world. Continent population in million total population in 2018 in million muslim percentage. Through this course and textbook, you will learn about muhammad and the history of islam, gain insight into todays world conflicts, and dispel fears and myths about muslims. The rate of increase of the world muslim population is. Its followers, called muslims, spread islam through southwest and central asia, parts of africa, and europe. By 2050, india will have most muslims in world, said the. Although islam is the majority, indonesia is not a country based on islam. There are eight countries having 100% muslim population. List of muslim country best islamic nation in the world. Asia is the most populated region on earth, thats why so many asian countries are in the list of the top 10 muslim populations in the world.
Muslim population growth is due to the young average population of muslims and the fact that muslims have the highest fertility rate in the world 2. India perceived and actual share of muslim population. The presented data show that the percentage of world muslim population with respect to the total world population has increased steadily from 17% in 1950 to 26% by 2020. China more muslims than in syria, india the thirdlargest population of muslims worldwide, russia more.