Muslims In Europe Map
Muslim political entities existed firmly in what is today spain portugal sicily and malta for several centuries the muslim community in these territories was converted or expelled by the end.
Muslims in europe map. In addition the average muslim woman in europe is expected to have 2 6 children a full child more than the average non muslim woman 1 6 children. From 5 to 7 million up to 10 of the total population islam became the second largest religion in the country after catholicism. Islam entered southern europe through the expansion of moors of north africa in the 8th 10th centuries. 13 points 1 month ago.
The largest muslim community is in france. However the empire collapsed in 1922 living behind an enormous muslim influence in countries like bosnia kosovo. Islam in europe by the percentage of the country population. Especially rapidly increasing is the number of muslims in europe.
Methodology population estimates from pew research religion and public life project. It should be noted that. Significant muslim communities are scattered throughout all western european countries. You can guess how a projection for muslims population in europe in 2015 wouldn t have been very reliable.
The above map shows historical data and projections for the growth of muslim populations in europe in 2030. Social media users have been sharing an image online of a map which claims to show the predicted population of muslims in europe in 2050. To estimate anything in a realistic way is almost impossible due to so many random numbers and events. Map showing large european union cities that are 10 muslim or more islam is the fastest growing major religion in europe primarily due to immigration and higher fertility rates among muslims.
An estimated 2 5 million muslims came to europe for reasons other than seeking asylum such as for. 4 between mid 2010 and mid 2016 migration was the biggest factor driving the growth of muslim populations in europe. 30 years are a long time. Islam is the second largest religion in europe after christianity.
Today the muslim majority regions of europe are turkey kosovo and albania and a plurality in bosnia and herzegovina parts of macedonia and montenegro as well as some russian regions in northern caucasus and the volga region tatarstan. Since the 1960s immigrants from muslim countries started to appear in numbers in western europe especially in germany france and belgium. Although the majority of muslim communities in europe formed recently there are centuries old muslim societies in the balkans. The latter is actually a simple.
Numerous communities of followers of islam were formed in germany 4 million great britain 1 7 million italy and holland 1 million each. The map shows a high density of muslims in bosnia. The soviet union existed and europe was divided in east and west. In the 7th and 13th century islam entered the present day russia and bulgaria in the eastern and southern europe where muslims conquered persia establishing the ottoman empire.
In the 14th and 15th centuries the ottoman empire expanded taking a huge portion of europe.