Islam in Britain - stats

 

 

• MUSLIM POPULATION IN GREAT BRITAIN

• Muslim population 2.8 million (3% of total British population)
• The Muslim population of London – 1.2 million (total 7.2 million);
• Birmingham - 190,000 (1.1 million) – this includes the world's biggest expatriate Kashmiri population                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
• The Local Authority Districts with the highest Muslim populations are:
• Tower Hamlets - 81,000 (36% of population))
• Newham - 61,000 (24%)
• Blackburn - 31,000 (19%)
• Bradford - 79,000 (16%)
• Waltham Forest - 38,000 (15%)
• Luton - 33,000 (15%)
• Birmingham - 190,000 (14%)
• Hackney - 32,000 (14%)
• Pendle - 14,000 (13%)
• Slough - 19,000 (13%)
• Brent - 35,000 (12%)
• Redbridge - 31,000 (12%)
• Westminster - 26,000 (12%)
• Camden - 29,000 (12%)
• Haringey - 20,000 (11%)

 Ethnicity data: Pakistani origin - 675,000; Bangladeshi - 257,000 Indian origin - 984,000- say 30% Muslim - total South Asian Muslim population estimate:1.2 million

• 249,872 Pakistani and Bangladeshi live in Greater London area.
• There are about 150,000 Turks in the UK, of whom 90% in London

• Per cent distribution by age
  Pakistani
  0 - 14 years  34%
  15 - 29 years  31%
  30 - 44 years  20%
  Bangladeshi
  0 - 14 years 40%
  15 - 29 years 29 %30
  33- 44 years  18%
  Indian
  0 - 14 years  23%
  15 - 29 years  24%
  30 - 44 years 27%
• Gender ratios
  Pakistani & Bangladeshi
  Generally symmetric except for the 30 - 44 age band where there are approx 2 - 3 % and 4-5% respectively more males than females 

 

In England and Wales the Registrar General lists 584 mosques for 1999 which are certified as places of worship". The Directory has a listing of about 440 mosques. In 2008 the Register General list 1689, nearly TREBLED in 10 years !

 

source: http://1kewldude3.synthasite.com/islam-in-britain.php

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