YNET NEWS: Muslim population growing at slower rate, but will still be 26.4% of world by 2030, study saysFalling birth rates will slow the world's Muslim population growth over the next two decades, reducing it on average from 2.2 percent a year in 1990-2010 to 1.5% a year from now until 2030, a new study says.
Muslims will number 2.2 billion by 2030 compared to 1.6 billion in 2010, making up 26.4% of the world population compared to 23.4% now, according to estimates by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
Continued migration will swell the ranks of Europe's Muslim minorities by one-third by 2030, to 8 percent of the region's inhabitants from 6 percent, the study says.
Muslims in France will rise to 6.9 million, or 10.3% of the population, from 4.7 million (7.5%), in Britain to 5.6 million (8.2%) from 2.9 million and in Germany to 5.5 million (7.1%) from 4.1 million (5%). >>> Reuters | Thursday, January 27, 2011
MAIL ONLINE: Number of British Muslims will double to 5.5m in 20 years >>> Steve Doughty | Friday, January 28, 2011
THE HUFFINGTON POST: World's Muslim Population Expected To Grow Twice As Fast As Non-Muslims In 20 Years: Report – On a global level, the Muslim population is expected to grow by 35 percent over the next two decades -- twice the pace of the world's non-Muslim population, according to a controversial new report. >>> Curtis M. Wong | Thursday, January 27, 2011
