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    5. Islam

    The vast majority of Chinese Muslim adults come from 10 ethnic minority groups that traditionally practice Islam, the two largest being the Hui people and the Uyghur people. Most of China’s Muslims live in the country’s northwestern region, particularly in the areas of Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang. Because there is heavy overlap between religion […]

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    4. Islam among Asian Americans

    About 6% of Asian Americans now say their religion is Islam. An additional 3% say they feel close to Islam for reasons such as family background or culture, rather than religion.[10. numoffset=”10″ For more on the difference between religious identity and religious affinity, read the Overview.] Some 13% of Indian Americans express a connection to […]

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    3. Muslim population change

    Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing and second-largest religious group. In the Middle East-North Africa region, they make up 94% of the population.

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    15. Why we revised our estimates for 2010

    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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    1. Number of countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions stays level in 2021

    Government restrictions on religion All 198 countries and territories in our study had at least some level of government restrictions or regulations related to religious activity reported in 2021. However, the severity of the restrictions and the extent to which governments enforced them varied from one place to another. The differences are reflected in each […]

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