The world's 280 million immigrants have greater shares of Christians, Muslims , and Jews than the general population , according to a recent Pew Research Center study,released yesterday, the Christian Today website reports t oday (August 27, 2024).
"You see migrants coming to places like the U.S., Canada, different places through Western Europe, and being more religious -- and sometimes more Christian in particular -- than the native--born people in those countries," said Stephanie Kramer, the study's lead researcher.
While Christians make up about 30% of the world's population, the world's migrants are 47% Christian, according to the latest data collected in 2020. The study found that Muslims make up 29% of the migrant population, but 25 of the world's population. Jews, only 0.2% of the world's population, but 1% of migrants are by far the most likely religious group to have migrarted, with 20% of Jews worldwide living outside their country of birth, compared to just 6% of Christians and 4% of Muslims.
Four percent of migrants are Buddhist, matching the general population , and 5% are Hindu, compared to 15% of the world population.
Although people immigrate for many reasons -- including economic opportunity, reuniting with family, and fleeing violence or persecution -- religion and migration are often closely connected, the report finds. Moreover, U.S. migrants are much more likely to have a religious identity than the American--born population in general.
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