muslim population in india according to 2011 census was 172.2 million.
muslim population in india according to 2011 census?
172.2 million
the religious data on india census 2011 was released by the government of india on 25 august 2015. hindus are 79.8% (966.3 million), while muslims are 14.23% (172.2 million) in india. and christians are 2.30% (28.7 million). according to the 2011 census of india, there are 57,264 parsis in india. for the first time, a "no religion" category was added in the 2011 census. 2.87 million were classified as people belonging to "no religion" in india in the 2011 census 0.24% of india's population of 1.21 billion. given below is the decade-by-decade religious composition of india until the 2011 census. there are six religions in india that have been awarded "national minority" status - muslims, christians, sikhs, jains, buddhists and parsis. sunnis, shias, bohras, agakhanis and ahmadiyyas were identified as sects of islam in india. as per 2011 census, six major faiths- hindus, muslims, christians, sikhs, buddhists, jains make up over 99.4% of india's 1.21 billion population, while "other religions, persuasions" (orp) count is 8.2 million. among the orp faiths, six faiths- 4.957 million-strong sarnaism, 1.026 million-strong gond, 506,000-strong sari, donyi-polo (302,000) in arunachal pradesh, sanamahism (222,000) in manipur, khasi (138,000) in meghalaya dominate. maharashtra is having the highest number of atheists in the country with 9,652 such people, followed by kerala.
2011 census of india
in 2010 asia was home for (62%) of the world's muslims, and about (20%) of the world's muslims lived in the middle east and north africa, (16%) in sub saharan africa, and 2% in europe. by 2050 asia will home for (52.8%) of the world's muslims, and about (24.3%) of the world's muslims will live in sub saharan africa, (20%) the middle east and north africa, and 2% in europe. as per the pew research study, muslim populations will grow in absolute number in all regions of the world between 2010 and 2050. the muslim population in the asia-pacific region is expected to reach nearly 1.5 billion by 2050, up from roughly 1 billion in 2010. the growth of muslims is also expected in the middle east-north africa region, it is projected to increase from about 300 million in 2010 to more than 550 million in 2050. besides, the muslim population in sub-saharan africa is forecast to grow from about 250 million in 2010 to nearly 670 million in 2050 which is more than double. the absolute number of muslims is also expected to increase in regions with smaller muslim populations such as europe and north america. due to young age & relatively high fertility rate, muslim population will rise nearly 30% in 2050. in europe muslim population will be nearly double (from 16% to 30%). in north america, it will grow 10% to 20%. in asia pasific region, muslims will surpass the hindus by the time. islam is the fastest growing religion of india. about eight thousand hindus everyday accept islam. in 2010 indonesia, india, pakistan, bangladesh and nigeria was home for (48%) of the world's muslims. by 2050 pakistan is projected to have the world's largest muslim population followed by india, indonesia, nigeria and bangladesh, and expected to be home for (45%) of the world's muslims.
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