India's religious composition largely stable since Partition Between 1951 and 2011, Muslims grew by 4.4 percentage points to 14.2% of the population, while Hindus declined by 4.3 points to 79.8%. Christians have made up between 2% and 3% of India's population in every census since 1951.
According to the same study Buddhists "are projected to decline in absolute number, dropping 7% from nearly 500 million in 2015 to 462 million in 2060.
However, both models state that the Hindu population can never fall behind the Muslims. "The mathematical models of professors Dinesh Singh and Ajay Kumar have clearly shown that even for 1,000 years there is no possibility of Muslims overtaking the Hindus,” Quraishi told PTI.
Decline in Christian affiliation
The number of people affiliated with Christianity in Australia decreased from 12.2 million (52.1%) in 2016 to 11.1 million (43.9%) in 2021. This decrease occurred across most ages, with the largest decrease for young adults (18-25 years).
Hinduism is the fastest growing religion in Australia mostly through immigration. Hinduism is also one of the most youthful religions in Australia, with 34% and 66% of Hindus being under the age of 14 and 34 respectively. Hindu Temple in Melbourne.
In 2021, 209 Christians converted to Hinduism, while 32 Muslims converted to Hinduism.
According to the Pew Research Centre (PRC), the Muslim population's share would rise to 18.4%, whereas the share of the Hindu population would be 76.7% in 2050. This indicates no chance of having a higher Muslim population in India sooner or later.
As a percentage, Nepal has the largest percentage of Hindus in the world followed by India and Mauritius.
Among Indians, 0.4% of adults are Hindu converts to Christianity.
Muslim Population in India
Muslims in India are about 17.22 Crores i.e. 14.2 % of total population of India follows Islam. India is home to close to 11% of total Muslims Population of World. While its claimed that India has more Muslims than Pakistan, its not true statiscally.
However, various studies in Kerala have cited that low fertility rate among the Christian community as well as migration as the key reasons for the decline in the community's population.
Islam has grown to 813,392 people, which is 3.2 per cent of the Australian population.
Details. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics released religious data of Pakistan Census 2017 on 19 May 2021. 96.47% are Muslims, followed by 2.14% Hindus, 1.27% Christians, 0.09% Ahmadis and 0.02% others.
Forty-four per cent of Australians identify as Christian, down from 61 per cent a decade ago. The share of people ticking the “no religion” box grew from 22 per cent in 2011 to 39 per cent in 2021. The number of people in Australia who identify as Hindu surged by 55 per cent over the past five years.
The institutional separation of state and religion means Australia is also usually described as a secular country. This is largely based on section 116 of the Australian Constitution which, among other things, prohibits the federal government from establishing a state church or religion.
More recent study published in 2022 by Pew Research Center, have found a retention rate among American Christians closer to 67%, and cited that the decline of Christianity is primarily due to people leaving Christianity and choosing to have no religious affiliation (rather than due to people converting to other ...
According to the 2016 census, Queensland (56.03%) and New South Wales (55.18%) had Christian majorities, while the lowest proportion of Christians were found in the Northern Territory (47.69%) and the Australian Capital Territory (45.38%).
Hinduism mostly shares common terms with the other Indian religions, including Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
The story goes for 9yrs Aurangzeb couldn't tackle the marathas, he refused to wear his crown till he has vanquished Chatrapati Sambhaji. Out of 127 battles they fought, Sambhaji didn't lose a single one.
Although approximately 20,000 Muslims convert to Christianity annually, ...