Muslim population growth

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Muslim population growth is the population growth of Muslims worldwide. Between 2015 and 2060, Muslim population is projected to increase by 70%.[1][needs update] This compares with the 32% growth of world population during the same period. The young median age and high fertility rate of Muslims relative to other religious groups are significant factors behind Islam's population growth. As of 2015, Muslims have the highest fertility rate of any religious group – an average of 2.9 children per woman, well above replacement level (2.1) —well above the global rate—but down from 4.3 in 1990–1995.


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  • The birth-rate delivers 96% of the region's Muslim population growth on the continent, which is much higher in comparison to African population growth rates in general.
    • African Studies in Russia: Works of the Institute for ... - 60 Dmitriev, R.V. · 2018 African Studies in Russia Works of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences : Yearbook 2014-2016 R.v. Dmitriev · 2017
  • However, the seed of the debate on the differential population growth rates of the Hindus and Muslims was planted in the undivided India itself. Kingsley Davis, an eminent demographer, was one of the first to raise a debate on the Hindu-Muslim population growth rates in the sub- continent. In his famous book “The Population of India and Pakistan” (1951), he presented before the world the fact that Muslim fertility was higher than the Hindu fertility. For instance, the decline in the proportion of the Hindus from 75.1 per cent to 72.9 per cent in between the censuses of 1881 and 1901 (Davis, 1951) created strong reaction and fear among the Hindus that the Muslims would become the majority population in India in the future.
    Numerous research and review studies have been done on this area since then. But there seems to be no end to this highly debated topic and it still remains a very popular area for research studies among the research scholars and population scientists.
    • Fertility and Health Behaviour Among Hindu and Muslim Women in Assam : Kishor Singh Rajput · 2011 34 .
  • In Niger, where it is estimated that 95 percent of the population is Muslim, population growth and high fertility levels are a major concern of government.
    • Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, Body, ... Suad Joseph, ‎Afsāna Naǧmābādī · 2003
  • Muhammad Samiullah is explicit about the good reason for natalism: "There is no denying the fact that the politi­cal prest­ige and military strength of a country depends upon the size of its popul­ation. (...) In the Islamic context greater populat­ion has a double sig­nifica­nce because one cannot wage an effective Jihad without an expanding popula­tion."
    • Muhammad Samiullah quoted in Elst K The Demographic Siege (1997)

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