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short readsApr 19, 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to growing shares of the world’s Christians and Muslims

By 2060, more than four-in-ten Christians and 27% of Muslims around the world will call sub-Saharan Africa home.
reportApr 25, 2017

Frustrations and expectations in sub-Saharan Africa

When asked about the most pressing problems in their countries, people in sub-Saharan Africa often recite a familiar list of challenges: poverty, health care, education, corruption, and other difficult issues.
reportMay 10, 2017

9. Views on economic issues

Amid widespread economic dissatisfaction, people across Central and Eastern Europe generally expect their governments to provide a safety net for the needs of the poor. Most adults throughout the region say their country’s current economic situation is “very” or “somewhat” bad, and similar shares say they are generally unhappy with the state of affairs in […]
reportJun 6, 2017

Theme 7: Whether or not people disconnect, the dangers are real. Security and civil liberties issues are being magnified by the rapid rise of the Internet of Things

Many respondents to this canvassing said they are certain that there will be more attacks with more devastating results as billions more things and people become interconnected online and systems become more complex and difficult to manage. Some say these security concerns are likely to lead to regulation, although it might not take place until […]
reportAug 10, 2017

Theme 6: Trust will diminish because the internet is not secure and powerful forces threaten individuals’ rights

The internet was not built with trust-building in mind, and about a quarter of these experts predicted that there are a number of threats that will be hard to defeat. Some spoke of the role of criminals and trolls. Others referred to corporate behavior and governments’ motives leading to the privacy invasions, surveillance and data […]
reportJun 6, 2017

Theme 1: People crave connection and convenience, and a tech-linked world serves both goals well

A lot is at stake as the Internet of Things rolls out, and many of its creators are betting that people will wear connected devices, appreciate smart appliances, drive in connected cars, thrive in smart cities, understand vastly more about a sensor-saturated world and build businesses around analytics-assisted supply chains. Disconnecting from the network would […]
reportApr 5, 2017

Appendix B: Methodology for this report

This report is part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures population projections project that produced the 2015 report “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050.” The figures described in this report, including estimated births and deaths by religion and 2015 global population sizes, have not been previously reported. This report also presents results […]
short readsApr 7, 2017

Why people with no religion are projected to decline as a share of the world’s population

Though the percentage of religiously “nones” in America has risen, the global share of religiously unaffiliated people is expected to fall in coming decades.
presentationMar 30, 2017

How People Fit Libraries Into Their Lives

Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology research at the Pew Research Center, presented new findings about how people have shifted to the mindset of lifelong learners and the implications of that for librarians.
short readsApr 5, 2017

Christians remain world’s largest religious group, but they are declining in Europe

Though Christians make up nearly a third of Earth’s 7.3 billion people, the number of Christians in Europe is in decline.

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Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to growing shares of the world’s Christians and Muslims

Frustrations and expectations in sub-Saharan Africa

Theme 7: Whether or not people disconnect, the dangers are real. Security and civil liberties issues are being magnified by the rapid rise of the Internet of Things

Theme 6: Trust will diminish because the internet is not secure and powerful forces threaten individuals’ rights

Theme 1: People crave connection and convenience, and a tech-linked world serves both goals well

Appendix B: Methodology for this report

Why people with no religion are projected to decline as a share of the world’s population

How People Fit Libraries Into Their Lives

Christians remain world’s largest religious group, but they are declining in Europe