article_snippet.sent: The map created by Razzmazz above shows the status of the world's faiths in 35 years' time, and how the percentage of those that consider those that consider themselves 'religiously unaffiliated' 'religiously unaffiliated' is expected to increase in the West.
article_snippet.sent: Changing landscape: This graphic, taken from the map above, shows how the percentage of those that consider those that consider themselves religiously unaffiliated religiously unaffiliated is expected to increase in the West 35 years from now .
article_snippet.sent: The global Buddhist population will remain roughly the same but Hindu and Jewish populations will  be larger than Hindu and Jewish populations are today, according to the report.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, a number of countries are expected to have changing religious majorities in four decades.
article_snippet.sent: The global Buddhist population will remain roughly the same but Hindu and Jewish populations will be larger than Hindu and Jewish populations are today, according to the report (file picture)
article_snippet.sent: The findings were produced using data on a range of factors including age, fertility, mortality, migration and religious switching for 'multiple religious groups around the world' the report (file picture) says: 'The projections take into account the current size and geographic distribution of the world’s major religions, age differences, fertility and mortality rates, international migration and patterns in conversion.'
article_snippet.sent: Authors point out that the projections were based on current trends and recently gathered statistics but that predictions could change as a result of 'any events – scientific discoveries, armed conflicts, social movements, political upheavals, natural disasters and changing economic conditions'.