From 2022 to 2060, the worldwide population of Muslims is expected to increase by 45.7 percent. For the same period, the global population of Buddhists is expected to decrease by 12.2 percent.
Estimated percent change in worldwide population size from 2022 to 2060, by religion
Overview - Based on the 2010 Pew Research Center report, GCS data and the selected metrics,
an estimation of religions has been conducted for the period of 2011 to 2022
Approach - Over 200 countries from 6 different regions have been selected in order to identify their
population's religions
- The number of births, death, net migration, and fertility rate index data from 2011 onwards
have been determiuned for christians, muslims, unaffiliated, hindus, buddhists, jews, folk and
other religions
KPIs used Population,
Birth Rate,
Death rate,
Net Migration,
Fertility rate index
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