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The Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants

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84% Informative

More than 280 million people, or 3.6% of the world’s population, are international migrants meaning they live outside their country of birth.

Muslims accounted for 29% of all living migrants, followed by Hindus ( 5% ), Buddhists ( 4% ) and Jews ( 1% ) Muslims account for a larger share of migrants than the U.S. population.

People without a religion make up a smaller percentage of migrants ( 13% ) than of the global population ( 23% ) China is the most common origin country for religiously unaffiliated migrants, and the U.S. is their most common destination.

Of the major religious groups, Jews are by far the likeliest to have migrated.

VR Score

91

Informative language

94

Neutral language

60

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

Source diversity

1

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