Muslim growth outpaces Christians, higher birth rate by 2035

Published April 5, 2017 3:36pm ET



The world’s Muslim population grew much faster than Christians over the past five years, and their births will outnumber those of Christian moms for the first time in 2030, signaling a tremendous global religious shift, according to a new survey.

Pew Research Center on Wednesday said that the Muslim population growth outpaced that of Christians in large part due to far fewer deaths.

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