In Western countries, Buddhism is often associated with meditation and cultivation of mind-body, but the importance of Buddhism in countries like Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Thailand is much deeper. Being Buddhist here is not just a matter of personal faith but an important symbol of national identity.

According to the 2022 Pew Research Center Survey, nine out of ten Buddhists in these countries believe that Buddhism is necessary to be a true citizen. For example, 95% of Buddhists in Sri Lanka believe that it is necessary to be a Buddhist to be true Sri Lankan. From this it is clear that Buddhism in these countries is not only religion, but a deep part of lifestyle, culture and tradition.

Confluence of religion, culture and family tradition
In Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, people do not consider Buddhism only a religion, but also see it as culture, family tradition and ethnic identity. Most of the people in these countries consider Buddhism to be the origin of their national culture. It is considered the duty of the family to adopt it from generation to generation. For example, 76% of Cambodian Buddhists believe that Buddhism is an ethnic identity, in which someone is born. Thus, this deep confluence of religion and culture strengthens national unity and identity.

Constitutional and legal recognition
Constitution and laws of countries like Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Thailand also work to show the importance of Buddhism. In the Constitution of Cambodia, Buddhism is considered a national religion and gives the state a feeling of supporting Buddhist education. The Constitution of Sri Lanka has been given the highest place to Buddhism and considers the government to be the responsibility of its protection and promotion. Under the latest constitution made in Thailand, the state has been given the responsibility to ensure that Buddhism is not weak in any form. This constitutional recognition states that Buddhism is not only a matter of faith but also an important part of governance and policy.

Role of politics and religious leaders
The survey shows that even a mixed views on the political participation of citizens religious leaders in these countries. 81% of Buddhists in Kambodia believe that religious leaders should have the right to vote. Sri Lanka and Thailand have received relatively low support, which is 66% and 54%. However, the Constitution of Thailand does not have the freedom to vote for monks, which is an example of a clear partition between religion and politics. Nevertheless, about half of Buddhists in Cambodia want religious leaders to participate in political protests or become leaders themselves.

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At this time the population of the whole world is crossing 800 crores. According to the report of the worldometer, the biggest stake in it is that of Islam and Christianity, but the recent Pew Research Center Report 2025 has made a big disclosure on religious trends. According to the report, 1 out of every 10 adults under the age of 55 have renounced the religion that he had been playing since childhood. This is considered to be a sign of major changes in the religious scenario.

Christians are at the forefront of the list of renunciation of religion. It has seen a more decline. According to the report of the Pew Research Center Report 2025, 17.1 of the 100 Christians left religion and only 5.5% of the people have adopted Christianity. In this way, there was a net loss of 11.6% in total. These figures clearly show that Christianity is suffering the most from conversion globally.

High figures in both quitting and adopting Buddhism
Talking about the Buddhism present in the world, 22.1% of the 100 Buddhists left religion, which is the most in all religions. At the same time, 12.3% of people adopted Buddhism. In this way the net loss was 9.8%. The retention rate of Buddhism is only 78%, which makes it the weakest in maintaining followers.

The biggest benefit of nones people
People unrelated with religion (called Nones in English) are currently registering the biggest growth. Out of 100, 24.2% of the people left religion and became unrelated. 7.5% of the people left unrelatedness and joined some religion. There has been a total increase of 16.7%. It makes it clear that in today’s generation, the distance from faith and the trend of adopting religious freedom is increasing rapidly.

Stability in Muslim and Hinduism
In the world, where people of many religions are renouncing their basic religion, the rate of conversion in Islam and Hinduism is very low. The number of those who leave and adopt religion is almost equal. Socio-cultural strength and family commitment are considered to be the main reason behind this stability. The Pew Research Report explained the direct connection between Un Human Development Index (HDI) on conversion. In HDi 0.8 or more countries (eg America, Canada, Europe), 18% of adults left their childhood religion. Only 3% of people left religion in countries with a country with a country below 0.55 (such as Africa and parts of South Asia). This data shows that the higher education, income and freedom, the greater the possibility of conversion and unrelatedness.

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America has long been in the world’s largest immigrant-country countries. In January 2025, 5.33 crore immigrants lived here, which is the biggest record ever, but the situation changed in only 5 months. By June 2025, this number has come down to 5.19 crore. That is, in a few months more than 10 lakh people left the country or were deported.

This decline is historic because for the first time since the 1960s, there has been a decrease in the immigrant population of America. The Pew Research Center has analyzed this based on the data of the US Census Bureau. According to the report, by June 2025, 15.4% of the population of America was immigrant. This is less than 15.8% of January 2025. Immigrant workers were 19% of the American labor force. This share was 20% in January. That is, there was a shortage of more than 7,50,000 migrant workers in just 6 months. This change is affecting not only the population structure but also the US economic production and labor market.

Policy change and political impact
Changes in immigration policies are mainly responsible for the decline of immigrants. June 2024 During the Biden administration, strict sanctions on asylum applications, which reduced the number of shelters on the border. After this, from January 2025, the Trump administration took 181 executive steps in the first 100 days of its tenure, which aims to limit the arrival of new immigrants and deport non-citizens. The biggest impact of these policies is on the population of undocumeted immigrants.

Impact on labor market
The American economy has long been dependent on immigrants. Immigrant works in large numbers in farming, construction, health services and technical fields. There are many reasons for decreasing the number of immigrants from the beginning of 2025, which are the following:

• Labor shortage is increasing.
• Wages have started increasing in some states.
• Small business and agricultural sectors are being particularly affected.

Experts believe that if this trend continues, the growth rate of the US economy may have a negative impact.

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Strict policies of Trump administration may show more effects in the coming months. According to the Pew Research Center, it is too early to say whether this deficiency is temporary or the US is now moving towards low immigration. However, given the increasing emphasis on the political environment and border security, the possibility that the US will follow harsh immigration policies in the coming years.

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Pew Research Center Report on Religious Population: The Muslim community has emerged as the fastest growing religious group in the world, while the global population of Christianity has seen a decline. These figures have been released in a recent report by Pew Research Center.

It has been said in this report that in the next 25 years, India will be a country where the most Muslims in the world will be. According to the report, the Muslim population increased by 34.7 crores. This increase is even more than that increase of all religions.

The share of Muslims increased globally from 23.9 percent in 2010 to 25.6 percent in 2020. Poo’s senior demographic specialist Hackett said that the birth rate of children among Muslims is higher than the mortality rate.

What is the status of Hindus?

According to the report, the Hindu population increased by 12 percent between 2010 and 2020, which is almost equal to global population growth. The number of Hindus in 2020 was 1.2 billion, which is 14.9 percent of the global population. The Hindu population in India declined from 80 percent to 79 percent in 2020 in 2010, while the Muslim population increased from 14.3 percent to 15.2 percent. The Muslim population in India registered an increase of 3.56 crores.

Atheists increased in Christianity

The number of Christians in the world increased from 2.18 billion to 2.30 billion, but the global stake declined from 30.6 percent to 28.8 percent. This deficiency is mainly due to leaving religion, especially in Europe, North America and Australia. The number of atheists has increased by 27 crores to 1.9 billion, which is 24.2 percent of the global population. This group is the second fastest growing group after Muslims. Only 78.3 percent of athest population in China lives.

Why is Muslim population increasing?

The rapid population growth in the Muslim community is their average youth population and high fertility rate. In 2010, the age of 35 percent of the total Muslims of the world was under 15 years. This was the highest compared to any other religious group. Based on the data of 2015-2020, a Muslim woman produces 2.9 children on an average, while for a non-Muslim woman, this figure is 2.2 percent. Apart from this, one third of the Muslim population is under 15 years of age, which increases the chances of future increase.

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Pew research on Muslim: The changes in Europe’s religious population between 2010 and 2020 are not only statistically important, but also affect social and politics. According to the report of the Pew Research Center, within this decade, the total population of Christians declined from 9 per cent to 505 million, while the number of Jews also declined by 8 per cent to 1.3 million. In contrast, an increase in the population of almost every other major religious group was recorded. During this time, the number of religiously unrelated people has increased by 37 percent, which is 19 crores. Muslims have increased 16 percent, which is close to about 4 crore 60 lakhs. At the same time, the number of Hindus has increased by 20 lakhs, which is close to 30 percent.

This change was not only numerical, but also in population share. The share of Christians has come down from 75 per cent to 67 per cent. It has declined by 8 per cent, while the share of dismal has increased from 18 per cent to 25 per cent, which shows an increase of 7 per cent. The biggest reason for this change is the increase in religious dislikes. The main reason for young generations to distance away from religious institutions, desire for spiritual freedom and secular political thinking is the main reason for this.

Immigration and increase in Muslim population
Between 2010 and 2020, refugee immigration in Europe from Muslim -dominated countries such as Syria became the focal point of social discussion. The share of Muslims increased by about 1 percent in total Europe, which is now 6 percent. The Muslim population in Sweden increased from 4 per cent to 8 per cent, which is doubled in the earlier match. In Albania, where there was already a Muslim majority, it has increased by 4 percent. Germany has increased by 1 percent, which is 7 percent. The reason for this increase is not only immigration, but also government refugee policies of some countries, such as Sweden’s liberal policy or a welcome attitude of Angela Merkel in Germany.

Religious dislikes became the new identity of Europe?
As the distance of people from traditional religious institutions is increasing, so is a sharp jump in the number of religious people. The Christian population in the UK declined by 13 per cent, while unconnected by 11 per cent. Now this figure has reached 40 percent. The number of people unrelated in Estonia has increased by 12 percent, which has now increased to 44 percent. It is clear from these figures that a large population of Europe no longer wants to keep itself in any religious category. It is a sign of inclination towards secularism, individual freedom and institutional religion.

Geographical change in religious power balance
Overall, there are 23 such countries in Europe, where the share of some religious group changed 5 percent or more. Every change of these shows the declining percentage of Christians. Christians are no longer the majority of France and the UK. The Netherlands and the Czech Republic have now become unrelated majority countries. These facts show that the religious map of Europe is changing very fast. The traditional image of Christian Europe is now becoming history.

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Islam dominated in the world, bumper increased population in 10 years, claims in Pew research, know what is the situation of Hindus

Muslim population: The recent report of Pew Research Center states that Islam is not only the second largest religious group in the world, but has also become the fastest growing religion. Between 2010 and 2020, the Muslim population has increased by 21 percent, that is, this figure increased from 170 crores to 200 crores. This growth is twice the global average population growth (10%). Now one in every four of the world is Muslim. That is, Muslims have 26 percent global share in the population of the whole world. On the other hand, there has been an increase of only 9.7 percent in the non-Muslim population. It has recorded a decrease of 0.1 percent in the population of Hindus. In 2010, the population of Hindus was 15 percent, which increased to 14.9 in 2020.

These figures not only show demographic changes, but will also affect cultural, political and social scenario in the coming decades. According to the report of Pew Research Center, the largest population of Muslims was increased by 52 percent in North America from 2010 to 2020. The total Muslim population here is 59 lakhs. Here Islam is rapidly spread due to newborn conversion, refugee immigration and natural population growth.

Muslim population in different parts of the world
If we talk about the increase in Muslim population in different parts of the world, then between 2010 and 2020, Sub-Sahara Africa recorded an increase of 34 percent. The region records a high increase in Muslim population due to natural population growth and presence of Islamic education centers. The total Muslim population in the Asia Pacific region is 26 per cent, where 1.4 per cent Muslim population has increased. This region is the largest stronghold of Muslims – Muslim population is increasing continuously due to countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh here. In Europe, there has been an increase of 0.7 percent in Muslim population due to immigration in Europe.

Pew Researh Report on Islam: The latest report of Pew Research Center states that in the coming 35 years, Islam religion will become the fastest growing religion in the world. According to Pew report, by 2060, the estimated figure of Muslim population will be more than 3 billion. At present, the total Muslim population in the world is about 2 billion at present. The population rate, conversion rate and young Muslim population are being held responsible for increasing the number of Muslims in the coming time. Islam is not only growing on the basis of birth rate, but the rate of maintaining its identity is also very high.

Pew survey (in 13 countries) has revealed that more than 90% of people who grew up in Muslim families still consider themselves Muslims. Only in the US, this number decreases to about 74%, which is less than the rest of the countries. Christianity is the lowest number of those who leave Islam compared to Judaism, Judaism and Hinduism. Most of the people who leave Islam no longer believe any religion or recognize themselves as Christians. In countries like America, Kenya, Ghana, Christians from Christians were seen most from Islam

Reality of conversion: What do figures say compared to media?
Conversion in the era of religious polarization is a controversial issue, but Pu Report clarifies that Islam in 13 countries of the world is less than 3%. In Muslim -dominated countries such as Indonesia, the rate of conversion or leaving in Islam is less than 1%. The contribution of conversion in the population growth of Islam is enough. This is the main reason for this that its population is not being seen and it is constantly increasing.

Status of Hinduism
In Pew Report, information about Hinduism has been received from only four countries. This is India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and America. Almost all people, raised as Hindus in India and Bangladesh, are still Hindus. In Sri Lanka, 9 out of 10 Hindus have maintained their identity. In America, only 82% of Hinduism raised in Hinduism consider themselves Hindus when they are adults. 11% of Hindus in America are now atheists, agnostists or unrelated to religion. Many former Hindus in Sri Lanka now convert to Christianity. According to the survey conducted in India and Bangladesh, religious stability is the highest here. Here 99% of Hindus and Muslims remain on their congenital religion. It is a symbol of the strength, family values ​​and religious social structure of religious culture.