5 facts about the Muslim population in Europe

By Conrad Hackett

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/11/29/5-facts-about-the-muslim-population-in-europe/

1. France and Germany have the largest Muslim populations in Europe (defined as the 28 current European Union member countries plus Norway and Switzerland). 

2. The Muslim share of Europe’s total population has been increasing steadily and will continue to grow in the coming decades.

3. Muslims are much younger and have more children than other Europeans.

4. Between mid-2010 and mid-2016, migration was the biggest factor driving the growth of Muslim populations in Europe.

5. Views of Muslims vary widely across European countries. 

While 47% of Germans on the political right give Muslims an unfavorable rating, just 17% on the left do so. The gap between left and right is also roughly 30 percentage points in Italy and Greece.