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Christian youth under 15 were the same as the 27% global average. But an even higher percentage of Muslims (34%) were younger than 15. This higher youth population is one of the reasons that from 2010 to 2050 Muslims are projected to grow faster than Christians. Size of old population. In 2010, "11% of the world's population was at least 60 ...
Statistically, Eastern Orthodox Christians are among the wealthiest Christian denominations in the United States, [39] and they also tend to be better educated than most other religious groups in America, in the sense that they have a high number of graduate (68%) and post-graduate degrees (28%) per capita.
In mid-2005 Christianity adds about 65.1 million people annually due to factors such as birth rate and religious conversion, while losing 27.4 million people annually due to factors such as death rate and religious apostasy. Most of the net growth in the numbers of Christians is in Africa, Latin America and Asia. [77]
The Mormon corridor refers to the areas of western North America that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are commonly called "Mormons". [30] In academic literature, the area is also commonly called the Mormon culture region. [31] [32]
Christian population % of the world population Follower dynamics Dynamics inside and outside Christianity Catholicism: 1,200,000,000 52.4 15.9 Growing Stable Protestantism: 800,640,000 34.9 11.6 Growing Growing Orthodoxy: 260,380,000 11.4 3.8 Growing Growing Other Christianity: 28,430,000 1.3 0.4 Growing Growing Christianity 2,289,450,000 100 ...
An Ohio nonprofit that provides off-site Bible instruction to public school students during classroom hours says it will triple its programs in Indiana this fall after new legislation forced ...
The survey report stated that the results showed America having a greater similarity to developing nations (where higher percentages say that religion plays an important role) than to other wealthy nations, where religion plays a minor role. [4] In 1963, 90% of US adults claimed to be Christians while only 2% professed no religious identity.
Religious Belief in North America, according to 2010-2012 data. Religion in North America is dominated by various branches of Christianity and spans the period of Native American dwelling, European settlement, and the present day. Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent.