14. Religion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Global religious landscape shift: Growth in Islam, non-religious populations

Between 2010 and 2020, Christianity, which is still the world’s biggest religious group, saw a decline while Muslims have relatively increased. A new report by Pew Research Centre, titled How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020, collected data from over 2,700 surveys and censuses in 117 countries. Rapid growth of Islam It is observed that between 2010 and 2020, Islam grew rapidly. The Muslim population rose by 347 million, m…

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, new study shows

(RNS) — A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though it remained the world’s largest religion, the Christian population declined between 2010 and 2020. Pew’s Global Religious Landscape study, released on Monday (June 9), is the second edition of a demographic report of religious groups, started in 2010…

Pew: Christianity Up in Sub-Saharan Africa, Down Worldwide Due to Those Leaving the Faith

Catholics attend a procession during the National Eucharistic Congress in Juba, South Sudan, Nov. 22, 2024. (OSV News photo/Samir Bol, Reuters) by Gina Christian (OSV News) – Sub-Saharan Africa has replaced Europe as the locus for the world’s Christians, due to both higher birthrates and Western Europe’s “widespread Christian disaffiliation” – with Christians declining as a share of the world’s population due to adherents leaving the faith, acc…

Latest from Pew Research: Christianity up in sub-Saharan Africa, down worldwide due to those leaving the faith

The data from the Pew Research Center relies on self-identification and does not indicate any level of belief or practice, or lack thereof.

14. Religion in sub-Saharan Africa

Most people in sub-Saharan Africa are Christian. Christians and Muslims grew rapidly in number in the region from 2010 to 2020. The post 14. Religion in sub-Saharan Africa appeared first on Pew Research Center.

Christianity up in sub-Saharan Africa, down worldwide due to those leaving the faith

A girl smiles while holding a palm frond cross during Palm Sunday Mass at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Lagos, Nigeria, April 13, 2025. (OSV News photo/Sodiq Adelakun, Reuters) Sub-Saharan Africa has replaced Europe as the focus for the world’s Christians, due to both higher birthrates and Western Europe’s “widespread Christian disaffiliation”—with Christians declining as a share of the world’s population due to adherents leaving the faith…