| Muslim- Statistics |
| In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful |
| 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 UN) Christianity growth rate (94-95)..........1.46% (from UN) _______________ World Muslim population (1998)..........1,678,442,000 _______________ World Muslim population (Project in 2000)..........1,902,095,000 _______________ Growth of Islam North America (1989-1998)..........25% Africa..........2.15% Asia..........12.57% Europe..........142.35% Latina America..........4.73% Australia..........257.01% Among every four humans, one of them is a Muslim. Muslims have increased by over 235% in the last 50 years up to nearly 1.6 billion. By comparison, Christians have increased by ony 47 %, Hinduism , 117% and Buddhism by 63%. Islam is the second largest group in France, Great Britian, and US (Muslims in US are 10 millon and Jews are 6 million) ==================== ref: Community news and views Vol. 8 No 5 ISSN 1067-5523 |