• 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 !