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India to have largest number of Muslims by 2050, says Pew report

India could have the largest Muslim population in the world by 2050, according to Pew Research Centre, an American Think…

India to have largest number of Muslims by 2050, says Pew report

India could have the largest Muslim population in the world by 2050, according to Pew Research Centre, an American Think Tank. As per the report, while still being a predominantly Hindu-majority country, India will have more than 300 Muslims by 2050.

Further, because Muslims have the youngest median age of 30 years compared to all other religious groups, they are also the fastest growing religious group in the world.  In fact, if the current growth continues, Muslims could exceed the number of Christians (currently the largest group) by the end of the century, says the research. Currently, Islam is the second largest religion after Christians. In 2010, there were approximately 1.6 billion Muslims in the world.

According to the Pew report, there are two main reasons behind the fast growing rate of Muslims. First, Muslims have more children than people belonging to any other religious group and second because of their youngest median age.

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Further majority of the Muslims across the world live in the Asia- Pacific region, which includes Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India among others.

 

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