The exact number of Christians and Muslims is debateable.
But most estimates put the number at.
Christians: 2,100,000,000
Muslims: 1,200,000,000
The growth rate for them is:
Christians: 2.6% yearly
Muslims: 4.5% yearly
33% Christians and about 21% Muslim
And contrary to popular belief, numbers wise the fastest growing religion is actually a dead heat. Where the Muslim percentage is obiously higher, but both religions are both attracting the same amount of followers.
Although a high percentage of Muslims are converts, the majority are the result of the high birth rate, usually accomodated with 3rd world countries.
About 1/2 of Christians are converts. Mainly in Africa where the charismetis movement is just exploding, due mainly to the influx of missionaries.
The main places where Christianity is growing the fastest is actually in Africa. The African Christian community is the fastest growing on earth. In 1900 there was only about 9,000,000 Christians, now there's at least 380,000,000.
And I personally think that the center of Christianity will be remove from Europe to Africa and the Americas.
Christianity is also the fastest growing religion in China.
Although the government denies it, many believe that there are underground Christian movements. Kinda like the Roman Empire.
Islam is the fastest growing religion in Europe and is fastly growing among India and the S.E. Asian countries. The traditionally Christian Europe is having relatively large Islamic sects, especially in France.
*and no im not just copy and pasting this stuff. Im genuinely interested.
2007-03-21 09:25:37
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answered by Indio 4
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