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See: [[Growth of global desecularization]] ]]

See: [[Growth of global desecularization]] ]]

As far as [[secular Europe]], in 2014, the Pew Research Forum indicated that Europe will go from 11% of the world's population to 7% of the world's population by 2050.<ref name="PewProj">Kochhar, Rakesh (February 3, 2014).  [http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/03/10-projections-for-the-global-population-in-2050/ "10 projections for the global population in 2050"].  FactTank/Pew Research Center website.</ref> This is due to secular populations having sub-replacement fertility rates.<ref name=leake>Leake, Jonathan (January 2, 2011).  [http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Society/article496716.ece "Atheists a dying breed as nature 'favours faithful'"].  London Times website.</ref>  

As far as [[secular Europe]], in 2014, the Pew Research Forum indicated that Europe will go from 11% of the world's population to 7% of the world's population by 2050.<ref name="PewProj">Kochhar, Rakesh (February 3, 2014).  [http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/03/10-projections-for-the-global-population-in-2050/ "10 projections for the global population in 2050"].  FactTank/Pew Research Center website.</ref>  

 

{{Cquote|Across the western world the fertility rate of religious conservatives far outstrips that of non-believers, so much so that modern liberal secularism is endangered. That, anyway, is the thesis of ''Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?'', a fascinating new book by [[Eric Kaufmann]] of Birkbeck University, which is published later this month. It may well be one of the most significant books of our era.”<ref>[http://godfatherpolitics.com/secularisms-cyanide-tablet-end-atheism/Secularism’s Cyanide Tablet and the End of Atheism] by Gary Demar</ref>

Europe's aging population is a serious issue and it will stress its various pension systems.<ref>[https://www.gfmag.com/magazine/julyaugust-2004/cover-story-the-looming-pensions-crisis Looming pension crisis]</ref>

Europe's aging population is a serious issue and it will stress its various pension systems.<ref>[https://www.gfmag.com/magazine/julyaugust-2004/cover-story-the-looming-pensions-crisis Looming pension crisis]</ref>

== Notes ==

== Notes ==

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