Christianity’s demographic center is shifting to Africa and Asia
Evidence
One interesting and unintended consequence of this energetic evangelism is that, as Philip Jenkins explains, Christianity’s center of gravity is shifting away from Europe and North America toward Africa and Asia. Jenkins estimates that by 2050, a mere 1 in 5 Christians in the world will be of European descent. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 490
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Data point relevant to global-religion demographic arguments I’ve seen elsewhere about the decline of European Christianity.
Related
- By 2050 only one in five Christians will be of European descent (similarity 0.81)