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In 2010 the estimate of the Arab population in Europe was approximately 6 million (the total number of the Arab population in Europe described beneath is 6,370,000 people), mostly concentrated in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Greece.
The exact number of Muslims in Europe is unknown but according to estimates by the Pew Forum, the total number of Muslims in Europe (excluding Turkey) in 2010 was about 44 million (6% of the total population), including 19 million (3.8% of the population) in the European Union. [80]
Muslims are expected to grow to 8% (52.8 million) of the total population of Europe, and this growth is expected to be the largest in the western European countries. [318] Russia will have the largest total population of Muslims in Europe, however. [318] Most of these changes are expected to come from immigration. [318]
The term Muslim Europe is used for the predominantly Muslim countries of Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Kosovo, and Azerbaijan.As well as Muslim majority regions in Europe, including western parts of North Macedonia, Sandžak region within Serbia and Montenegro, Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria, [1] and many Muslim majority republics within Russia such as Kabardino ...
The population of the Arab world as estimated in 2023 was about 473 million inhabitants, [3] but no exact figures of the annual population growth, fertility rate, or mortality rate are known to exist. Over 59 percent of the Arab population is concentrated in urban areas [4] and the number is expected to reach 68 percent by 2050. [5]
With 20th-century migrations, Muslims in Western Europe have become a noticeable minority. According to the Pew Forum, the total number of Muslims in Europe in 2010 was about 44 million (6%), [88] [89] while the total number of Muslims in the European Union in 2007 was about 16 million (3.2%). [90]
There were approximately 19 million Muslims in the European Union in 2010 or about (3.8%). [27] Data for the rates of growth of Islam in Europe reveal that the growing number of Muslims is due primarily to immigration. [28] Additionally, average Muslims today are younger and have a higher fertility than other Europeans. [26]
Kazakhstan has the largest number of non-denominational Muslims, who constitute about 74% of the population. [215] Southeastern Europe also has a large number of non-denominational Muslims. [215] The Kharijite Muslims, who are less known, have their own stronghold in the country of Oman holding about 75% of the population. [216]