“Decadal population growth of Muslims is higher than the aggregate growth of Christians, Hindus, and Jews.”, Hindu Existence, February 15, 2026
“There was once a phrase economists used—sometimes critically, sometimes wryly—to describe India’s modest economic expansion in the decades following Independence. They called it the “Hindu rate of growth,” implying gradualism and stability rather than rapid transformation. Though the term has long disappeared from economic discourse, recent demographic data gives it an unexpected new resonance—this time in literal, population terms.
According to the Pew Research Center’s major global study, “How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020,” the growth trajectory of the world’s Hindu population closely mirrors overall global population growth. During that same period, however, the Muslim population expanded at a significantly faster rate—outpacing not only Hindus but also Christians, and even exceeding the combined numerical increase of both groups.
The Big Picture: A Decade of Uneven Growth
Between 2010 and 2020, the global Hindu population grew from approximately 1.07 billion to around 1.2 billion—an increase of about 126 million people. This growth rate was almost identical to that of the global population as a whole, leaving Hinduism’s share of the world population largely stable at roughly 15 percent……”
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