7 facts about Hindus around the world
With Diwali celebrations underway, here are some facts about Hindus around the world.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
With Diwali celebrations underway, here are some facts about Hindus around the world.
Globally, Muslims live in the biggest households, followed by Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated.
A declining share of Canadians identify as Christians. Most Canadians say religion’s influence in public life is waning in their country.
By 2060, more than four-in-ten Christians and 27% of Muslims around the world will call sub-Saharan Africa home.
While the world’s population is projected to grow 32% in the coming decades, the number of Muslims is expected to increase by 70% – from 1.8 billion in 2015 to nearly 3 billion in 2060.
Though the percentage of religiously “nones” in America has risen, the global share of religiously unaffiliated people is expected to fall in coming decades.
Muslim women have made greater educational gains than Muslim men in most regions of the world.
While either Christians or Muslims make up the largest religious group in nine-in-ten nations around the globe, the religiously unaffiliated rank second in size in most of the Americas and Europe, as well as in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Fact Tank sat down with David Campbell, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, to explore what the new findings mean.
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