Event Transcript: The Future of the Global Muslim Population
In a conference call for journalists, Pew Forum staff members discussed the findings from The Future of the Global Muslim Population.
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In a conference call for journalists, Pew Forum staff members discussed the findings from The Future of the Global Muslim Population.
A new Pew Forum report on the size, distribution and growth of the global Muslim population finds that the world’s Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, but it is expected to grow at a slower pace in the next two decades than it did in the previous two decades.
But Rate of Growth Expected at Slower Pace than Past Two Decades Washington, D.C. — The world’s Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, rising from 1.6 billion in 2010 to 2.2 billion by 2030, according to a new, comprehensive report released today by the Pew Research Center’s […]
For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 25, 2011 Washington, D.C. — In a 10 a.m. EST conference call forjournalists on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011,the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life will discuss thefindings contained in its new report, TheFuture of the Global Muslim Population. This comprehensive demographic study seeks toprovide up-to-date estimates of the number […]
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