Europe’s religious landscape is changing: The Christian share of the population is declining while the religiously unaffiliated population is increasing. In addition, Muslim populations in Western European countries continue to grow in both absolute and percentage terms due to immigration, relatively high fertility rates, and a relatively young population. Jewish populations, meanwhile, appear to be […]
International data for this report were downloaded from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) interactive processing tool on Sept. 26, 2017. International analysis is based on calendar year. Most U.S. data for this report were downloaded from the interactive processing tool of the U.S. State Department’s Refugee Processing Center on Oct. 2, 2017. […]
Restrictions on religion increased in 2016 for the second straight year. Nationalist parties and organizations played an increasing role in harassment of religious minorities, especially in Europe.
The estimates presented in this report are based on data from Eurostat, Europe’s statistical agency. Eurostat is a central repository of the European Union’s economic, environmental and population data. Its goal is to provide high-quality statistics that enable comparisons across countries. Eurostat also provides nationality and country of application data for asylum applications. It contains […]
The report was written by Phillip Connor, senior researcher. Mark Hugo Lopez, director of global migration and demography research; James Bell, vice president of global strategy; and Neil Ruiz, associate director of global migration and demography reviewed the report and provided editorial comments. The report was number checked by Jynnah Radford and Antonio Flores, research […]
