The Times of London Faith Central- “The world’s fastest growing faiths”:
1. Islam:Growth rate 1.84 per cent* with 1.3 billion followers worldwide
2. Baha’i faith: Growth rate 1.70 per cent with 7.7 million followers worldwide
3. Sikhism: Growth rate 1.62 per cent with 25.8 million followers worldwide
4. Jainism: Growth rate 1.57 per cent with 5.9 million followers worldwide
5. Hinduism: Growth rate 1.52 per cent with 870 million followers worldwide
6. Christianity: Growth rate 1.38 per cent with 2.2 billion followers worldwide
*rate of change of adherants to this religion between 2000-2005 as a percentage per year
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I wonder if there’s a relationship between these stats and international fertility rates. Could part of this trend relate to decreasing Western births?
Here are stats from the ever-authoritative Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_fertility_rate
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