Fastest growing religion in the World.
Islam is the fastest growing religion and the second largest religion in the world
| Muslims in Asia (1996) |
1,022,692,000 (30%) |
| Muslims in Africa (1996) |
426,282,000 (59%) |
| Total Number of Muslims on the Earth (1996) |
1,482,596,925 |
| Total Number of People on the Earth (1996) |
5,771,939,007 |
| Percentage of Muslims (1996) |
26% |
| Islam annual growth rate (1994-1995) from U.N. |
6.40% |
| Christianity growth rate (1994-1995) from U.N. |
1.46% |
| Total Number of Muslims on the Earth (1998) |
1,678,442,000 |
| Expected Number of Muslims on the Earth (2000) |
1,902,095,000 |
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This table below shows the growth of Islam:
| North America (1989-1998) |
25% |
| Africa |
2.15% |
| Asia |
12.57% |
| Europe |
142.35% |
| Percentage of Muslims (1996) |
26% |
| Latin America |
-4.73% |
| Australia |
257.01% |
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Among every four humans in the world, one of them is Muslim. Muslims have increased by over 235 percent in the last fifty years up to nearly 1.6 billion. By comparison, Christians have increased by only 47 percent, Hinduism, 117 percent, and Buddhism by 63 percent. Islam is the second largest religious group in France, Great Britain and USA (Muslims in USA are 10 millions and Jews are 6 millions).
The Worlds Major Religions Changes
Confucianism & Taoism decrease 13%
350,600,000
305,000,000 |
Hinduism increase 117%
230,150,000
500,000,000 |
Judaism decrease 4%
15,630,000
15,000,000 |
Shintoism increase 152%
25,000,000
63,000,000 |
Buddhism increase 63%
150,180,000
245,000,000 |
Islam increase 235%
209,020,000
700,000,000 |
Christianity increase 47%
682,400,000
1,000,000,000
Eastern Orthodox decrease 36%
144,000,000
092,000,000 Protestant increase 57%
206,900,000
324,000,000 Catholic increase 70%
331,500,000
565,000,000
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Growth rates taken between: World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1935 and Readers Digest Almanac and Yearbook 1983
Source: www.islamicweb.com/begin/results.htm
