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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> The cause of this matter is the sub-replacement level of secular Europeans and the higher fertility rates of religious countries in the world.  
 
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> The cause of this matter is the sub-replacement level of secular Europeans and the higher fertility rates of religious countries in the world.  
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However, within secular Europe, there are religious sub-populations seeing significant growth which along with religious immigrants will cause a desecularization of Europe sometime in the 21st century.  
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However, within secular Europe, there are religious sub-populations seeing significant growth which along with religious immigrants will cause a desecularization of Europe sometime in the 21st century (see: [[European atheism and 21st century decline]]).
    
Ed West wrote in Britain's newspaper [[The Telegraph]]:
 
Ed West wrote in Britain's newspaper [[The Telegraph]]:
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