Although many people know that 80 percent of India observes the Hindu religion, you might be surprised to learn that it's also home to the second-largest Muslim population on the planet (194.8 million Muslims and growing). With nearly two hundred million Indian Muslims living in the country today, Islam has now become the second-largest religion within India during our lifetimes. According to the Pew Research Center—by the year 2060—the South Asian regional superpower will have the single largest Muslim population of any country in the world (with over 333+ million Indian Muslims by that year).

XREF: Connects to demographic projections about global Islam and India's population surpassing China's — relevant to the reader's broader interest in world demographics.

QUESTION: Worth verifying this Pew projection and understanding the demographic drivers behind it.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 182