Muslim Population Statistics Demographic considerations with regard to Muslim populations may prove to be of vital concern in the next millennium. When a large percentage of the population is older, this can affect the socio-political structure of a country. Likewise, when a large percentage of the population is young, that too will affect the socio-political structure of a country. Here are some population statistics starting from the early 1900s as well as projected figures for the year 2025 of the total overall number of Muslims across the globe.
Comparative chart - number of Muslims to Christians:
Christian Muslim 1900 world population 26.9% 12.4% 1980 world population 30% 16.5% 2000 world population 29.9% 19.2% 2025 world population (PROJECTED) 25% 30%
Estimates of the total number of Muslims in the world vary greatly:
0.700 billion or more, Barnes & Noble Encyclopedia 1993 0.817 billion, The Universal Almanac (1996) 0.951 billion, The Cambridge Factfinder (1993) 1.100 billion, The World Almanac (1997) 1.200 billion, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic relations) (1999)
At a level of 1.2 billion, [in1999] Muslims represent between 19.2% and 22% of the world's population. It has become the second largest religion in the world. Christianity has slightly less than 30%.
Islam is growing about 2.9% per year which is faster than the total world population which increases at about 2.3% annually. It is thus attracting a progressively
