# Muslim population growth

Muslim population growth is the population growth of Muslims worldwide. Between 2015 and 2060, Muslim population is projected to increase by 70%.[1][needs update] This compares with the 32% growth of world population during the same period. The young median age and high fertility rate of Muslims relative to other religious groups are significant factors behind Islam's population growth. As of 2015, Muslims have the highest fertility rate of any religious group – an average of 2.9 children per woman, well above replacement level (2.1) —well above the global rate—but down from 4.3 in 1990–1995.

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* The birth-rate delivers 96% of the region's Muslim population growth on the continent, which is much higher in comparison to African population growth rates in general.
** Dmitriev, R.V. in Russia Works of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
* However, the seed of the debate on the differential population growth rates of the Hindus and Muslims was planted in the undivided India itself. Kingsley Davis, an eminent demographer, was one of the first to raise a debate on the Hindu-Muslim population growth rates in the sub- continent. In his famous book “The Population of India and Pakistan” (1951), he presented before the world the fact that Muslim fertility was higher than the Hindu fertility. For instance, the decline in the proportion of the Hindus from 75.1 per cent to 72.9 per cent in between the censuses of 1881 and 1901 (Davis, 1951) created strong reaction and fear among the Hindus that the Muslims would become the majority population in India in the future. Numerous research and review studies have been done on this area since then. But there seems to be no end to this highly debated topic and it still remains a very popular area for research studies among the research scholars and population scientists.
** Kishor Singh Rajput. Fertility and Health Behaviour Among Hindu and Muslim Women in Assam. (2011), p.34
* In Niger, where it is estimated that 95 percent of the population is Muslim, population growth and high fertility levels are a major concern of government.
** Suad Joseph & ‎Afsāna Naǧmābādī. Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures: Family, Body, Sexuality and Health. (2003)
* Birth control should be resorted to only in cases of extreme necessity, such as the wife's ill-health owing to constant births. Imam Abu Hanifa holds it makruh (abominable).
** Muhammad Imran, Ideal Woman, Delhi 1994 (1981), published by the Markazi Maktaba Islami ("Islamic Educational Centre"), Delhi. 66-68
* Had the monster of 'Birth Control' as an instrument of state policy raised its head in the days of the Holy Prophet, he would surely have declared Jihad against it in the same manner as he waged Jihad against Shirk (polytheism).
** Muhammad Samiullah, Muslims in Alien Society, p.90. Noor Publishing House (Delhi)
* There is no denying the fact that the political prestige and military strength of a country depends upon the size of its population. (...) In the Islamic context greater population has a double significance because one cannot wage an effective Jihad without an expanding population.
** Muhammad Samiullah, Muslims in Alien Society, p.95-96. Noor Publishing House (Delhi)
* The Qur'an says that 'Children are an ornament of life' and Hadith literature views with favour larger families for the greater strength of Ummah, and as such birth control / family planning cannot be in any way compatible with the Shari'ah.
** Muhammad Samiullah, Muslims in Alien Society, p.97. Noor Publishing House (Delhi)