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>Muslim World News On-line
>
>Date of Publication: April 2000
>INDONESIAN MUSLIMS FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE
>
>World Muslim population
>
>World Muslims.........................1,482,596,925 (1996)
>Muslims in Asia.......................1,022,692,000 (1996)
>Muslims in Africa.....................426,282,000   (1996)
>Total World population................5,771,939,007 (1996)
>% of Muslims..........................26%           (1996)
>
>Islam annual growth rate (94-95)......6.40%         (from U.N.)
>Christianity growth rate (94-95)......1.46%         (from U.N.)
>
>
>
>World Muslim population (1998)........1,678,442,000
>
>
>World Muslim population (Projected in 2000)........1,902,095,000
>
>
>
>Growth of Islam:
>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>North America (1989-1998)....................25%
>Africa.......................................2.15%
>Asia.........................................12.57%
>Europe.......................................142.35%
>Latin America................................4.73%
>Australia....................................257.01%
>
>
>Among  every  four  humans  in the world, one of them is a Muslim.  Muslims
>have  increased by over 235 percent in the last fifty years upto nearly 1.6
>billion.
>
>By comparison,
>Christians have increased by only 47 percent.
>Hinduism, 117 percent and Buddhism by 63 percent.
>Islam  is  the  second largest religious group in France, Great Britain and
>the US (Muslims in the US are ten million and Jews are six million)

>Source: Community News and views Vol 8 No. 5 ISSN 1067-5523

World Muslim Population 


World Muslims...............................1,482,596,925 (1996) 
Muslims in Asia..............................1,022,692,000 (1996) 
Muslims in Africa...............................426,282,000 (1996) 
Total World population.....................5,771,939,007 (1996) 
% of Muslims................................................26% 
(1996) 
Islam annual growth rate (94-95)......6.40% (from U.N.) 

Christianity growth rate (94-95)......1.46% (from U.N.) 

World Muslim population (1998)........1,678,442,000 

World Muslim population (Projected in 2000)........1,902,095,000 

Growth of Islam: 

North America (1989-1998)....................25% 
Africa................................................2.15% 
Asia................................................12.57% 
Europe..........................................142.35% 
Latin America....................................4.73% 
Australia........................................257.01% 
Among every four humans in the world, one of them is a Muslim. 
Muslims have increased by over 235 percent in the last fifty years 
upto nearly 1.6 billion. 

By comparison, Christians have increased by only 47 percent.
Hinduism, 117 percent and Buddhism by 63 percent.
Islam is the second largest religious group in France, Great Britain and the US (Muslims in the US are ten million and Jews are six million) 

Source: Community News and views Vol 8 No. 5 ISSN 1067-5523 
  
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