The United Kingdom has the highest Hindu population in Europe, with over 1 million Hindus.
After India, the next nine countries with the largest Hindu populations are, in decreasing order: Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the United States, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
From 2011 to 2021, in 10 years Hindus have increased from 275,521 to 684,002, a growth of 408,462 or 148.2%, making Hinduism fastest growing religion of Australia. The majority of Australian Hindus live along the Eastern Coast of Australia, mainly in the cities of Melbourne and Sydney.
Europe. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in Europe.
77% of new converts to Islam are from Christianity, whereas 19% were from non-religion. Meanwhile, among American-born Muslims who have left Islam, about 55% now identify with no religion, 22% identify as Christian, and another 21% identify with other faiths.
By 2050, Christianity is projected to remain the world's largest religion, but Islam is expected to nearly equal it in numbers, with both groups comprising around 30-31% of the global population, driven by higher birth rates in Muslim-majority areas and significant growth in Christian populations, particularly in developing regions, according to Pew Research Center analyses.
'Nepal called itself 'world's only Hindu kingdom' for much of the previous century. However, for most of history, the country was religiously, politically, and ethnically fragmented. ' Anirudh Kanisetti, author and historian, writes #ThinkingMedieval #ThePrintOpinion.
Global change
The number of Hindus worldwide grew 12% from 2010 to 2020, rising from a little less than 1.1 billion to nearly 1.2 billion. Since non-Hindus grew at about the same rate, Hindus remained stable as a percentage or share of the global population.
Christianity is the world's largest religion by number of followers, with over 2.4 billion adherents, followed closely by Islam, with nearly 2 billion, and then Hinduism and Buddhism, with billions and hundreds of millions, respectively, though Islam is projected to grow faster and potentially overtake Christianity in the coming decades, according to reports from organizations like the Pew Research Center.
Nevertheless, the population has been increasing in absolute terms from 551,669 in 2001 to 569,476 in 2011, and 682,302 in 2022, and by this measure, South Africa has the largest concentration of Hindus in Africa after Mauritius.
India leads the world by a wide margin with 1.1 billion Hindus, making it the global center of Hindu culture and tradition. Nepal follows as the second-largest with 28.6 million adherents, reflecting Hinduism's deep historical roots in the country.
Hinduism is the state religion of Nepal.
With a population of 17.5 million, the Netherlands is home to about a quarter-million people of Indian origin, the largest Indian diaspora community in Europe after the United Kingdom. This includes approximately 200,000 Indo-Surinamese.
The largest religion in Europe is Christianity. However, irreligion and practical secularisation are also prominent in some countries.
Hinduism, originating in India, has spread globally. India has the largest Hindu population, followed by Nepal. Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan also have significant Hindu communities. Sri Lanka, United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom and Myanmar are home to many Hindus.
The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest surviving religion in the world, it is also described by the 19th century term Sanātana Dharma ( lit. 'eternal dharma'). Vaidika Dharma ( lit. 'Vedic dharma') and Arya Dharma are historical endonyms for Hinduism.
Although Hinduism is not one of the five official state recognized religions (Buddhism, Taoism, Catholic Christianity, Protestant Christianity, and Islam), and although China is officially a secular state, the practice of Hinduism is allowed in China, albeit on a limited scale.
Studies in the 21st century suggest that, in terms of percentage and worldwide spread, Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in the world.
Share of global population affiliated with major religious groups 2020. In 2020, around 28.8 percent of the global population were identified as Christian. Around 25.6 percent of the global population identify as Muslims, followed by 14.9 percent of global populations as Hindu.
Christianity has been estimated to be growing rapidly in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. In Africa, for instance, in 1900, there were only 8.7 million adherents of Christianity; now there are 390 million, and it is expected that by 2025 there will be 600 million Christians in Africa.
This is a list of some converts to Islam from Hinduism. Refs. Khanzada Rajput ruler of Mewat. Formerly known as Raja Sonpar Pal.