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Artem Bali photo – Pexels<\/div>\n

By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n

The geographical center of Christianity is on the move again.<\/p>\n

The Christian faith started in the Middle East, spread to Europe, became dominant in the Americas, and is now experiencing rapid growth in Africa.<\/p>\n

Pew Research identified the 10 countries with the largest Christian populations, along with projections for 2060.<\/p>\n

In 2015, three African nations ranked in the top 10\u2014Nigeria (6th), Democratic Republic of Congo (7th), and Ethiopia (9th).<\/p>\n

By 2060, more than half of the top 10 will be African\u2014Nigeria (3rd), Democratic Republic of Congo (4th), Tanzania (7th), Uganda (8th), Kenya (9th), and Ethiopia (10th).<\/p>\n

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Russia (4th), China (8th), and Germany (10th) are expected to drop out of the top 10 by 2060.<\/p>\n

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Projections have the United States remaining the nation with the greatest number of Christians and increasing in raw numbers from 248 to 262 million in 2060.<\/p>\n

However, the U.S. will decrease in terms of percentage of the world\u2019s Christians. In 2015, 10.9% lived in America. By 2060, that is projected to fall to 8.6%.<\/p>\n

As a whole, Christianity is a more globally diverse religion than Islam, the world\u2019s second largest religion.<\/p>\n

Currently and in projections, more than 6 in 10 of the world\u2019s Muslims live in the countries with the 10 largest Muslim populations, all centered in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

By contrast, less than half of the world\u2019s Christians reside in the top 10 Christian population nations, with countries in North America, South America, Africa, and Asia.<\/p>\n

In 2015, 47.5% of Christians lived in one of the 10 nations with largest Christian populations. That is expected to remain steady, rising only to 47.7% by 2060.<\/p>\n

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According to Pew Research, there are 2.3 billion Christians in the world and 1.8 billion Muslims. By 2060, that gap is projected to narrow somewhat with 3 billion Christians and nearly 3 billion Muslims.<\/p>\n

The more rapid growth projections for Islam is due to Muslims being younger and having more children, on average, than Christians.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Earls<\/h2>\n

@WardrobeDoor<\/p>\n

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Aaron is a writer for LifewayResearch.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n