India Religious Population Growth Specially Muslim in 2050 According to Pew Research Report

India Religious Population Growth: Many religions live in India. The population here is also crossing 100 crores. By the year 2020, India’s total population was about 1.4 billion and its religious structure has been gradually changing. By this time, approximately 79 per cent of Indians are Hindus, while 15 per cent are Muslims and 2 per cent Christians. If these figures are compared with the 2011 census, the percentage of Hindus decreased and the Muslims have increased slightly.

According to the report of Pew Research, by 2050 the Hindu population will be 77 percent, while the Muslim population will reach 18 percent. There will be not much change in Christian population and it will remain at 2 percent. Other religious groups, such as Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains, may decrease due to their fertility rate being lower than the national average.

Population increase since partition
At the time of the 1951 census, India’s population was about 361 million. It exceeded 1.2 billion by 2011. This growth rate is more than three times since division. However, today 78 years after independence, India has become the most populous country in the world, which has left China behind.

Counting of Christian population
The counting of Christian population in India is not considered correct because some people of Scheduled Castes (Dalits), who consider themselves to be Christians, are recognized as Hindus for government benefits. In the 2015 National Family Health Survey, 21 per cent of Christians said that they belong to the Scheduled Castes, who refrain from calling themselves Christians in the census.

Decline in the growth rate of religious minorities
Between 1951 and 1961, the Muslim population increased by 32.7 per cent, while India’s total growth rate was 21.6 per cent. However, from 2001 to 2011, this difference decreased by 7 percent points. During this period, the population of Muslims increased by 24.7 percent, while the total Indian population was 17.7 percent. Similarly, the population of Christians increased by 15.7 per cent, which is much slower than the previous decades.

Full statistics of religious population
Although the rise rate of religious groups is decreasing, still all groups are showing millions in full numbers. For example, from 2001 to 2011, the number of Hindus increased by 138 million, while the number of Muslims increased by 34 million. Meanwhile, India’s total population increased by about 200 million people.

2021 census and pew research estimate
The 2021 census was postponed due to the Kornavirus epidemic, and its results may take some time to become public. However, the 2015 Pu Research Center had estimated the population of religious groups by 2050. According to him, there were about 1.4 billion people in India in 2020 and this number is continuously increasing.