3. Christian migrants around the world
Christians are the largest religious group among migrants. Most Christian migrants live in Europe or North America.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Christians are the largest religious group among migrants. Most Christian migrants live in Europe or North America.
Every religious group grew in count in the Middle East and North Africa – a Muslim-majority region – between 2010 and 2020.
The share of people who retain their childhood religious identity in adulthood varies across religious categories.
From 2010 to 2020, the number of Muslims increased by 347 million people to 2.0 billion people.
In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses.
Read how Pew Research Center revised our estimates to reflect methodological advances, incorporate newly available data, and allow comparison across measures in this report.
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Christians’ share among U.S. adults has fallen across demographic groups since 2007, but there has been overall stability in religious makeup since 2020. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Hindus, Muslims and the unaffiliated each make up about a quarter or more of the Asia-Pacific population. These groups all grew there from 2010-2020.
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