The demographic factors that make Islam the world's fastest-growing major religious group

• Conrad Hackett Pew Research Center
• Michael Lipka Pew Research Center

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30674/scripta.70064

Keywords: Demography, Islam, Population, Aging, Fertility, Human, Family demography

Abstract

Among the world’s major religious groups, Muslims have the lowest median age and the highest fertility rates. Due to these demographic factors, Muslims are expected to increase in number faster than any other major group in the period between 2015 and 2060, growing at more than twice the pace of global population growth.