The number of believers in the world. World Christianity. Orthodox Christians
Asked a question today: how many muslims in the world? Became interesting. And this is what I found online:
Found in my files an article saved a year ago that says: inIn the world, 1.57 billion people profess Islam, according to data obtained by scientists from the American research center The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Thus, every fourth inhabitant of the Earth is a Muslim. Most of all (about 203 million) Muslims live in Indonesia. It is followed by Pakistan (174 million), India (161 million) and Bangladesh (145 million). In total, 62 percent of Muslims from their total number in the world are concentrated in Asia. In Europe, scientists counted 38 million Muslims (5 percent of the total). Most of the people in Europe who profess Islam turned out to be in Russia - more than 16 million. This is 1 percent of the world's Muslim population. Following Russia in terms of the number of Muslims in European countries is Germany, where there are more followers of Islam than in Lebanon. According to the study, the majority of Muslims around the world are Sunnis (up to 90 percent). The remaining 10 percent are Shiites. Previous studies have shown that every fifth inhabitant of the Earth is a Muslim. The same studies showed that Christianity is the most widespread religion in the world - it is practiced by more than 2 billion people (33 percent of all believers). Then comes Islam and Hinduism.// True, unfortunately, I don’t remember from which site I saved this data.
It turns out interesting...
Analysis from December 19, 2011
A comprehensive demographic survey of over 200 countries found that there were 2.18 billion Christians worldwide different ages, which is almost a third of the 6.9 billion (according to rough estimates for 2010) of the world's population. At the same time, Christianity has such a vast geographical distribution that no single continent or region can confidently be called the center of world Christianity.
Orthodox Christians
There are about 260 million Orthodox in the world, which is 12% of the total number of Christians.
Almost four out of ten Orthodox (39%) live in Russia, the country with the largest number of Orthodox. Second place is occupied by Ethiopia, where the number of Orthodox is more than three times the Orthodox population of Greece. Despite the fact that the residence of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, one of the most highly venerated archbishops in Orthodox world, the Orthodox population of this country is relatively small (about 180,000).
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10 countries with the largest number of Orthodox |
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| Country | Approximate Orthodox population in 2010 | The share of the Orthodox population in the country | Share of the total number of Orthodox around the world |
| Russia | 101 450 000 | 71% | 39% |
| Ethiopia | 36 060 000 | 43,5 | 13,9 |
| Ukraine | 34 850 000 | 76,7 | 13,4 |
| Romania | 18 750 000 | 87,3 | 7,2 |
| Greece | 10 030 000 | 88,3 | 3,9 |
| Serbia | 6 730 000 | 86,6 | 2,6 |
| Bulgaria | 6 220 000 | 83,0 | 2,4 |
| Belarus | 5 900 000 | 61,5 | 2,3 |
| Egypt | 3 860 000 | 4,8 | 1,5 |
| Georgia | 3 820 000 | 87,8 | 1,5 |
| The total number of Orthodox in 10 countries | 227 660 000 | 54,9 | 87,4 |
| Number of Orthodox in other countries | 23 720 000 | 0,2 | 12,6 |
| The total number of Orthodox around the world | 260 380 000 | 3,8 | 1000 |
| The approximate number is rounded up to ten thousand. Percentages calculated from unrounded figures. Numbers may be slightly inaccurate due to rounding. | |||
| Pew Research Center Forum on Religious and Community Life. World Christianity, December 2011. | |||
Almost nine out of ten Orthodox (87%) of the world are in the 10 countries with the largest Orthodox population. Basically, these countries have an Orthodox majority - although Orthodox make up less than half of the total population in Ethiopia and only about 5% of the population in Egypt. Orthodox Christians make up the majority of the total population in 14 countries.
The Orthodox population is largely concentrated in Europe, which includes all of Russia. Europe is home to 77% of the world's Orthodox population, South Africa about 15% and in the Asia-Pacific region (including Turkey) about 5%. A small percentage of Orthodox also lives in the Middle East and North Africa (about 2%) and in America (1%).
Islam is one of the three most widespread religions in the world (along with Christianity and Judaism). In what countries do Muslim brothers live and will the number of Muslims grow in the coming decades?
All numerical data for writing this material are taken from the open source en.wikipedia.org
Islam is the second largest religion, it is practiced by 1.5 to 1.77 billion Muslims (that is, 22.74% of the world's population). Muslims live in more than 120 countries, mainly in West, South and Southeast Asia and North Africa. Islam is the state religion in 28 countries - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, etc.
In these states, the vast majority of the population adheres to the religion of Islam (from 70 to 99%): Azerbaijan, Albania, Algerian People's Democratic Republic, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, ...
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How many Muslims are there in the world?
In today's world, almost one in five people practice Islam. Over the past 50 years, the Muslim population of the world has increased by 235% and currently stands at 1.6 billion.
There are 16 million Muslims in Russia. Other sources give somewhat different figures. According to BBC data for 1999, 26 million Muslims live in Russia.
France - 5.8 million
USA - 7 million
Germany - 3 million
Italy - 1 million
UK - 1.6 million
Indonesia - 182.2 million
Pakistan - 146.9 million
Bangladesh - 116.0 million
India - 109.6 million
Iran - 63.9 million
Turkey - 61.0 million
Egypt - 51.6 million
Nigeria - 40.2 million
Algeria - 29.1 million
China - 29.1 million (2.4% of the country's population)
Morocco - 29.1 million
Iraq - 21.4 million
Sudan - 20.4 million
Ethiopia...
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Michael Lipka
Muslims are the fastest growing religious group in the world. The growth in the number of Muslims, their migration, the influence of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIS, banned in the Russian Federation) and other extremist groups that create violence in the name of Islam have made Muslims and Islam one of the most pressing topics of political discussion in many countries. But many facts about Muslims are not well known, and most people in the United States, where the Muslim population is relatively small, say they know little or nothing about Islam.
Here are answers to some important questions about Muslims based on Pew Research Center polls over the past few years.
How many Muslims are there on Earth? Where do they live?
In 2010, there were 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, which is about 23% of the world's population. (See also the abstract of the article on our website - approx. transl.). In terms of the number of adherents, Islam ranks in the world ...
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By 2050, the number of Muslims in the world will almost equal the number of Christians, and by 2070, Muslims will be in the majority, according to American researchers from the Center for them. Drinking in Washington.
According to a published study, as of 2010, there were about 2.2 billion Christians in the world. They made up almost a third (31%) of the total population of the globe. For Muslims, the corresponding figures were noticeably lower - 1.6 billion people (23%).
Popular materials
However, adherents of Islam live in the demographically most dynamically growing regions of the planet. According to American experts, by 2050 their total number will increase by 73% against 35% among Christians. As a result, among the 9.3 billion earthlings, both will become almost equal: 2.8 billion Muslims and 2.9 billion Christians. By the way, among the latter, about 40% will live in sub-Saharan Africa, TASS reports.In Europe, due to migration, the proportion of Muslims will be about 10% of the total population. In a number...
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Sociologists have found out how many Muslims and Christians there are in the world World news, 12/23/2012
Christianity and Islam are professed by half of the earthlings.
Eight out of ten people on the planet now identify themselves with some kind of religious denomination or group, informs news.eizvestia.com.
A demographic study conducted by the Pew Research Center in more than 230 states and territories showed that about 5.8 billion out of 6.9 billion people on Earth consider themselves believers. This study was based on an analysis of the results of more than 2.5 thousand censuses and surveys.
Approximately 2.2 billion people (32% of the total population of mankind) profess Christianity, 1.6 billion (respectively, 23%) - Islam, 1 billion (15%) - Hinduism, 500 million (7%) - Buddhism, 14 million (0.2%) - Judaism.
About 400 million people (6%) practice various traditional religions, and 58 million consider themselves adherents of "young" (compared to traditional) faiths - for example, Shinto, Sikhism, Baha'i and ...
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Islam, along with Christianity and Buddhism, is one of the major world religions. Basically, Muslims live in the countries of Central and Central Asia.
This is explained by the fact that Islam, as a religion, was formed and developed rapidly in this region. I must say that Islam is the second most widespread religion in Russia.
How many Muslims in the world
The question of how many Muslims there are in the world is rather complex. The fact is that the number of adherents of this religion is constantly changing. And these fluctuations are very significant. In addition, it should be pointed out that Islam is a growing religion. The number of Muslims is increasing every year. And this dynamic exists in all regions of the world and has been going on for a long time.
In total, the number of Muslims in the world in 2016 is about 1.7 billion people. This is approximately 24% of the world's population.
There are 37 countries on Earth where the vast majority of Muslims and Islam ...
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The number of Muslims will exceed a quarter of the world's population by 2030
By 2030, the number of Muslims will be 26.4 percent of the total population of the world. It is expected that Muslims will become more in Western countries, Pakistan will become the most populous Muslim country.
The Washington-based Pew Research Center projected last week that the world's Muslim population will make up 26.4 percent of the world's population by 2030, down from 23.4 percent now. The number of Muslims in Western countries with a traditional Christian religion will increase, and Pakistan will overtake Indonesia as the most populous Muslim country in the world.
The Muslim population, compared to representatives of other religions, is growing twice as fast. According to forecasts, in the next 20 years, the annual growth of Muslims will be 1.5 percent, and representatives of other religions - 0.7 percent.
With this trend, the number of Muslims in 20 years will reach ...
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In today's world, almost one in five people practice Islam. Over the past 50 years, the Muslim population of the world has increased by 235% and currently stands at 1.6 billion. In the 20th century Islam has become the second largest religion in countries such as France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The number of Muslims by country is distributed as follows:
Russia - 16 million (Other sources give slightly different figures. According to the BBC for 1999, 26 million Muslims live in Russia; according to CIA information, as of May 11, 2004 - 26 million Muslims, including migrants, including illegal ones);
UK - 1.6 million;
France - 5.8 million;
USA - 7 million;
Germany - 3 million;
Italy - 1 million;
Indonesia - 182.2 million;
Pakistan - 146.9 million;
Bangladesh - 116.0 million;
India - 109.6 million;
Iran - 63.9 million;
Turkey - 61.0 million;
Egypt - 51.6 ...
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If we talk about Moscow, then a person of eastern nationality can be found at almost every step, and an ordinary Russian immediately classifies him as a Muslim. In most cases, this is true. But what do the numbers say? How many Muslims are there really in Russia?
History of Islam
A new religion arose in difficult period history of the Middle East. The struggle for power, idolatry, and immoral customs were widespread everywhere. Around 610 AD, according to legend, the forty-year-old Muhammad (Muhammad) received a revelation from the angel Jibril near Mecca. This was the beginning of a whole series of messages from above, which were transmitted to the newly appointed prophet for 22 years until his death in 632. At first they were kept in oral form, then the followers of Muhammad collected all his sayings in a single book, which is widely known as the Koran.
One of the main postulates of the new religion was monotheism as opposed to the polytheism of that time. Muhammad...
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Muslim countries play an increasing role in modern international relations. The Muslim population of the planet is growing rapidly and, as international experts suggest, by 2050 the number of Muslims will exceed the number of Christians in the world.
The Muslim world is now not only the traditional countries of the East, but also huge communities around the world. What can we say, even if there are more than a hundred mosques actively operating in London, and the most popular name in the UK is Muhammad. There are large Muslim communities in all countries of the world - what the war could not do, globalization did: it was globalization that helped spread Islam to almost the whole world. Here it is, the paradox: for many centuries, European countries fought against Muslims, and now the number of believers in Germany, France and other most economically developed countries of the European Union is growing rapidly. And this is due to both active immigration and high demographic indicators ...
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By the middle of the century, our planet is waiting for 7 fundamental changes in the confessional segment of world demography. This conclusion was made by the experts of the Pew Research Center Institute, who conducted research in 198 states.
According to analysts quoted by 9tv.co.il, Muslims will be the fastest growing religious group in the world in the 21st century. The number of people practicing Islam on the European continent will double, primarily due to migrants from Africa and Asia, as well as a high birth rate among the Muslim population of the Old World. By the middle of the 21st century, the number of the latter in Europe will increase from 43 million in 2010 to at least 71 million.
In general, the number of Muslims in the world by 2050, according to analysts, will be about 2.8 billion people, or one third of the world's population. The largest confessional group of Muslims will live in India, which, according to researchers, will be about 300...
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In 622, the first revelation was sent down to the prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him!) The Messenger of Allah began his journey with the aim of spreading Islam. According to current statistics, the number of Muslims in the world has already exceeded 1.7 billion people. This means that every fourth inhabitant of our planet professes Islam. Here are the top 10 Muslim countries with links to data.
1. Indonesia
Most a large number of Muslims live in the island state of Southeast Asia - 221 million! Islam spread here mainly in the XIII-XVI centuries. Its adherents today make up approximately 88 percent of the total population of the state.
2. India
Religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism originated in India. In the first millennium of our era, Christianity and Islam also came to the Indian subcontinent, which had a significant impact on the development of the diverse culture of the region. To date, in...
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According to statistics, every 5 people preach Islam in the world. Over the past half century, the number of Muslims on the planet has increased by 2.5 times and amounts to 1.6 billion people.
Indonesia has the largest number of Muslims with 220 million people. There are slightly fewer adherents of this religion in India and Pakistan - approximately 177 million inhabitants each. There are about 144 million Muslims in small Bangladesh.
More than 60% of Muslims of the whole world are in the territory of Asian countries. Europe accounts for 5% of the total number of adherents of Islam. This is 38 million people. Almost half of them are in Russia. Therefore, it turns out that approximately 16 million Muslims live in Russia.
The number and distribution of Muslims by country in the world
A very large number of Muslims in Germany. According to the American Research Center, the most widespread religion on Earth is Christianity. It is professed by over 2 billion believers....
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A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries found that today there are about 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages on the planet. This represents 23% of the world's population, which is estimated at 6.8 billion in 2009.
Muslims live on all five inhabited continents, more than 60% of them are concentrated in Asia, and more than 20% - in the Middle East and North Africa. At the same time, in the region of the Middle East and North Africa, the share of countries with a Muslim majority is the largest. More than half of the 20 countries and regions in this part of the world have populations that are over 95% Muslim.
More than 300 million adherents of Islam, or one-fifth of the world's Muslim population, live in states where Islam is not the main religion. These countries with Muslim minorities are for the most part quite large. For example, the Islamic community of India is the third largest in the world. There are more Muslims in China than in Syria...
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"Diaspora":
Missions: South Africa 38,000 Kenya - 400,000
Service Orthodoxe de Presse / Orthodoxy 2000 (translated from French)
So, as you can see, I have given Orthodox data on their estimated number. It is completely incomprehensible in what such a situation are the majority of local Orthodox churches that it is impossible to calculate the number of Orthodox. For example, why is it impossible to count the number of Orthodox in Russia? Or why is it harder to do than, say, in the US? Here's why. Orthodox Christians deliberately inflate data on their numbers in Russia. Any sociological polls, however, show that the number of Orthodox in Russia is much less than the given figure and, at best, make up 15-20% of the population of Russia, which in absolute terms corresponds to 22-30 million. This is if you count not only the "churched" - there are hardly more than 1 of them -
2 millions - but also "sympathizers", i.e. persons who do not perform church rites, but call themselves Orthodox under the pressure of religious propaganda. Naturally, such a small number of believers does not allow us to talk about " Orthodox Russia", and prevents Orthodoxy from claiming the role of a state religion. Therefore, an attempt to determine the number of Orthodox equal to 80 million absolutely without any reason has only one goal - to "prove" an absolutely false statement that the majority of Orthodox in Russia.The classification of "countries geographically and culturally oriented towards Orthodoxy" looks even more absurd. Where did Estonia and Albania come from on this list? Why all of a sudden, the always Catholic 40 millionth Poland, suddenly geographically and culturally oriented towards Orthodoxy? Is it not because of one million Orthodox supposedly living there? Or maybe because of their alphabet? Or because of the Pope?
And Turkey? Why is the most powerful Muslim country, in which Orthodox Christians make up only 0.008% (!!!) according to Orthodox estimates, turned out to be geographically and culturally oriented towards Orthodoxy? Or, in this case, by "geographical and cultural orientation" do Orthodox analysts understand the countless bloody conflicts with Turkey, in which millions of Russians, Bulgarians and Armenians have died in the last two centuries alone?
Even a cursory analysis of the above data shows that they are completely false. The motives for this falsification are also understandable - Orthodoxy needs data on the basis of which it could justify its position not only in Russia, but throughout the world.
This state of affairs requires serious, independent and public statistical studies of the number of adherents of different religions in Russia, where such studies have practically not been conducted in the last 10 years.
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