13 minutes ago10 Countries With Most Muslims and Christians in the World
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(7 years ago)Lists “For example, the two tables of countries with the largest Christian and Muslim populations presented here reveal changes in concentration, diversity, and changes envisioned in the two largest religions in the world, writes the American Centre and [...]
Both lists show that the global Muslim population is more concentrated in the major centers of the population of Islam than the global Christian population is for Christianity, which is distributed more widely worldwide. In fact, about two-thirds (65%) of the world's Muslims live in countries with 10 largest Muslim populations, while only 48% of the world's Christians live in countries with the 10 largest Christian populations.
10 countries with the largest Muslim population, 2015 and 2060
To put it another way, more than half (52%) of the world's Christians live in countries different from those with the 10 largest Christian populations, while this is true of just over a third (35%) of Muslims in the world. In absolute terms, there are twice as many Christians (1.2 billion) as there are Muslims (609 million) living in countries that are not on the list of 10 countries, writes PEW.
10 countries with the largest Christian population, 2015 and 2060 countries with the largest 10 Muslim or Christian populations in the world also have large populations (and, in some cases, larger) of other faith groups. In India, which has the second largest Muslim population, Islam is a minority religion (makes 15% of the country's population) and Hinduism is the majority's faith. Nigeria, which has the world's sixth largest Christian population (87 million), also has the fifth largest Muslim population in the world (90 million)
Moreover, the lists illustrate the degree in which the population centers for these religions have moved away from their historical and traditional centers. Countries with five highest Muslim populations are all in South and South Asia or sub-Saharan Africa, rather than in the Middle East; and countries with the three highest Christian populations are in America than in the Middle East or Europe.
In general, there are some 2.3 billion Christians in the world and 1.8 billion Muslims. This gap is expected to narrow until 2060, when projects at the Pew Research Center will be 3 billion Christians and nearly 3 billion Muslims. This is because Muslims, on average, are younger and have more children than Christians.
In 2060, the share of Muslims living in countries with the 10 largest Muslim populations is expected to be slightly lower than it is today (60% vs 65%). Meanwhile, the share of Christians living in the 10 countries with the highest Christian population is expected to remain the same (4.8%).
The 2060 list of Muslims and Christians is also expected to change in other ways. By 2060, India is expected to sow Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population. However, India's Muslim population will remain a minority religious group (19%) in the Hindu majority country.
The country with the highest Christian population, the United States, is expected to remain in that position in 2060. Below the list, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya are expected to be added, while Russia, Germany and China will fall from top 10./Periscopi/
