Islam will be largest religion in the world by 2070, says. Sectarian map of the islamic world and distribution of the muslim population article pdf available september 2018 with 2,918 reads. Need for ramadan guidelines in various aspects of health ncbi. These are some of the key findings of mapping the global muslim population. A report on the size and distribution of the world s muslim population, a new study b y the p ew researc h centers. The largest muslim country is indonesia, where an estimated 229 million muslims are. More than 300 million muslims, or onefifth of the worlds muslim population, live in countries where islam is not the majority religion. A report on the size and distribution of the worlds muslim population, 2009. The world muslim population is currently estimated at 1.
These minority muslim populations are often quite large. 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. Mapping the global muslim population pew research center. India, for example, has the thirdlargest population of muslims worldwide.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Ramadan is the ninth month of the islamic lunar calendar. World population in 1900 and 2000 and percentage of jews, christians, muslims and atheists 1900 2000 estimated population 1,610,625,741 6,055,049,000. World muslim population by percentage pew research center, 2014. All data collected from authentic sources and calculated the muslim population in each countries and continents.
More than 300 million muslims, or onefifth of the world s muslim population, live in countries where islam is not the majority religion. Click download or read online button to get mapping the global muslim population book now. Islam is the only religion growing faster than the world s population, and it will be the largest in the world by 2070, research has found. World distribution of muslim population this weighted map of the world shows each countrys relative size based on its muslim population. Mapping the global muslim population download ebook pdf. Of the roughly 31 7 million muslims living as minorities, about 240. The global muslim population fact sheet mapping the global muslim population while the middle eastnorth africa region accounts for the highest percentage of muslim majority countries, only about 20% of the global muslim population live in that area. Previously published estimates of the size of the global muslim population have ranged widely from 1 billion to 1.
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