Population Issues Network Newswatch

Looking at the world through demographics. This blog covers population in the news. Accelerating demographic growth is now the main factor driving biodiversity loss, growing resource scarcity, poverty and social conflict. Over-production and over-consumption are worsening this ecological crisis. 7 billion in 2011 - 9.3 or 10.6 billion (UN high estimate) by 2050. 80 million additional people a year at current rates! Is it not time to rethink population growth?

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Muslim population to grow by 35% in 20 years

Khaleej Times Online

The Muslim population in the Middle East and North Africa region is expected to grow by 37 per cent in the next 20 years

The Muslim population in the Middle East and North Africa region is expected to grow by 37 per cent in the next 20 years, while the world’s Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35 per cent in the same period.

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.aspxfile=data/theuae/2011/June/theuae_June216.xml&section=theuae