{"id":260459,"date":"2025-06-09T13:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=260459"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:29:40","slug":"religion-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/religion-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"12. Religion in the Middle East and North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of 2020, the Middle East-North Africa region \u2013 the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam \u2013 is home to 440 million people, up 24% since 2010. Muslims make up the vast majority of the region\u2019s population (94%). There is no other major geographic region with such a high concentration of a single religion. While most of the world\u2019s Muslims live elsewhere, the Middle East-North Africa region is the only large region with a Muslim majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christians are the largest minority group in the region, representing 3% of its population, and they are heavily concentrated in Egypt. Fewer than 2% of residents in the Middle East-North Africa region \u2013 or 7 million people \u2013 are Jewish, almost all of whom live in Israel.[28. numoffset=&#8221;28&#8243; Religious identity is measured differently in Israel than elsewhere. Refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/jewish-population-change\/\">Chapter<\/a><a href=\"#_8._Jewish_population\"> 8<\/a> for further explanation.] Hindus, Buddhists, religiously unaffiliated people and adherents of other religions \u2013 many of whom are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/03\/21\/5-facts-about-israeli-druze-a-unique-religious-and-ethnic-group\/\">Druze living in Lebanon and Israel<\/a> \u2013 each make up less than 1% of the region\u2019s population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gulf Cooperation Council countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have attracted non-Muslim migrants, boosting the absolute numbers of several religious groups in the broader region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=260790\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e9e9ea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e9e9ea;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" height=\"321\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Table showing 94% of people in the Middle East-North Africa region are Muslims, as of 2020\" class=\"wp-image-260790 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png 1280w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=300,150 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=768,385 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=1024,514 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=807,405 807w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=200,100 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=260,130 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=310,155 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=420,211 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=640,321 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=740,371 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=160,80 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-01.png?resize=320,161 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;religious-change&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"religious-change\">Religious change<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every group grew in <em>number <\/em>(or <em>count<\/em>) between 2010 and 2020. The region\u2019s small Hindu population grew the most rapidly (up 62%), followed by the even smaller religiously unaffiliated population (up 41%). Meanwhile, Muslims grew to 414 million (up 24%), and the Jewish population grew to nearly 7 million (up 18%). Christians increased their numbers to an estimated 13 million (up 9%), the lowest growth rate in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were only small changes in the <em>percentage <\/em>(or <em>share<\/em>) of people represented by each group in the region. The largest change was a 0.4-point decrease in the share that Christians make up of the region\u2019s total population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;substantial-change-within-countries&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"substantial-change-within-countries\">Substantial change within countries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lebanon and Oman are the only two countries in the Middle East-North Africa region that experienced a substantial change (of at least 5 percentage points) in a religious group\u2019s share of their overall population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-plus-icon has-border-color has-ui-gray-light-border-color has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-background has-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-61b01db2 wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-size:clamp(0.875em, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2em) * 0.009), 0.88em);\"><summary>How is \u2018substantial change\u2019 defined?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This section highlights countries that experienced substantial change in the size of their religious populations between 2010 and 2020. We focus on cases where a religious group\u2019s share of a country\u2019s population grew or shrank by at least 5 percentage points. We set that threshold because wide variations in data sources make it difficult to test the statistical significance of differences in population estimates in 2010 and 2020. Refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/global-religious-change-methodology\/\">Methodology<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>Lebanon,<\/strong> the share of the population that is Muslim rose to 68% (up 5 points), while the Christian population declined by about the same amount, to 28% of all residents of Lebanon. Much of the change was due to a large influx of Muslim refugees from Syria. Lebanon hosts the second-largest number of Syrian refugees (after Turkey) and has the highest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/12\/10\/where-do-six-million-syrian-refugees-live-today\">concentration of Syrians relative to its population size<\/a> \u2013 roughly one-in-five residents of Lebanon is a Syrian refugee. But the decline in the Christian share of Lebanon\u2019s population also results from a decrease in the absolute number of Christians residing in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=260791\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ececec\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ececec;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"249\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?w=840\" alt=\"Table showing Christians shrank while Muslims grew as a share of Lebanon\u2019s total population\" class=\"wp-image-260791 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=300,178 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=768,455 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=683,405 683w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=200,119 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=260,154 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=310,184 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=420,249 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=640,379 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=740,439 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=160,95 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-02.png?resize=320,190 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>Oman,<\/strong> the share of the population that is Muslim declined to 82% (down 8 points). Hindus and Christians made up rising shares of Oman\u2019s population from 2010 to 2020 as a result of immigration, especially from India. Over the decade, immigrants accounted for most of Oman\u2019s overall population increase of 1.8 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;median-age-of-religious-groups&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"median-age-of-religious-groups\">Median age of religious groups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Middle East-North Africa region has a relatively young population, with a median age of about 25. The only major region of the world with a younger population is sub-Saharan Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-200-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=260792\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eaeaea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eaeaea;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" height=\"312\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-03.png?w=400\" alt=\"Table showing Muslims are younger than Jews in the Middle East and North Africa\" class=\"wp-image-260792 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-03.png 400w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-03.png?resize=192,300 192w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-03.png?resize=260,406 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-03.png?resize=200,312 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-03.png?resize=310,484 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-03.png?resize=160,250 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/05\/PR_2025.06.09_global-religious-change_012-03.png?resize=320,499 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muslims tend to be younger than Jews in the Middle East and North Africa; Jews living in the region (primarily in Israel) had a median age of about 31, as of 2020. (We do not have sufficient data on people in other religious categories across the Middle East and North Africa to reliably estimate their age structure.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every religious group grew in count in the Middle East and North Africa \u2013 a Muslim-majority region \u2013 between 2010 and 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the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020","slug":"how-the-global-religious-landscape-changed-from-2010-to-2020","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/how-the-global-religious-landscape-changed-from-2010-to-2020\/","is_active":false},{"id":260365,"title":"1. Factors driving religious change, 2010-2020","slug":"factors-driving-religious-change-2010-2020","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/factors-driving-religious-change-2010-2020\/","is_active":false},{"id":260372,"title":"2. Christian population change","slug":"christian-population-change","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/christian-population-change\/","is_active":false},{"id":260385,"title":"3. Muslim population change","slug":"muslim-population-change","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/muslim-population-change\/","is_active":false},{"id":260391,"title":"4. Religiously unaffiliated population change","slug":"religiously-unaffiliated-population-change","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/religiously-unaffiliated-population-change\/","is_active":false},{"id":260423,"title":"5. Hindu population change","slug":"hindu-population-change","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/hindu-population-change\/","is_active":false},{"id":260426,"title":"6. Buddhist population change","slug":"buddhist-population-change","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/buddhist-population-change\/","is_active":false},{"id":260432,"title":"7. \u2018Other religions\u2019 population change","slug":"other-religions-population-change","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/other-religions-population-change\/","is_active":false},{"id":260450,"title":"8. Jewish population change","slug":"jewish-population-change","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/06\/09\/jewish-population-change\/","is_active":false},{"id":260452,"title":"9. 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