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According to the latest Special Eurobarometer 493 (2019) the Muslim population in France is estimated to be 5% or 3.35 million. [116] Pew Research Center predicts the Muslim population would rise to 8.6 million or 12.7 percent of the country in 2050 with zero immigration, and 13.2 million or 18.0 percent with high immigration. [117]
The Paris Region, or Île-de-France, covers 12,012 km 2 (4,638 sq mi), and has its own regional council and president. It has a population of 12,213,447 as of January 2018, or 18.3 percent of the population of France. [2]
As of 2008, 18.1% of the population of the northern Parisian commune of Saint-Denis was Maghrebian. [12] Melissa K. Brynes, author of French Like Us?Municipal Policies and North African Migrants in the Parisian Banlieues, 1945—1975, wrote that in the middle of the 20th Century, "few of [the Paris-area communes with North African populations] were as engaged with their migrant communities as ...
An estimated 6.8 million Muslims live in France, data from France's statistics agency shows, around 10% of the population. Islam is the country's second-largest religion after Catholicism. There ...
In Paris and the surrounding Île-de-France region, French Muslims tend to be more educated and religious, and the vast majority of them consider themselves loyal to France. [69] [70] Among Muslims in Paris in the early 2010s, 77% disagreed when asked whether violence is an acceptable moral response for a noble cause or not; 73% said that they ...
In France, there are an estimated 100,000 Muslim converts, compared with about 50,000 in 1986. [31] The population mostly originate from the Maghreb, and, France is home to a third of EU Muslims. [32] As of mid-2016, there are 5.7 million Muslims in France (8.8% of the population) and the Muslim population continues to grow. [29]
Thousands of athletes, including some who wear a hijab, are arriving for the Paris Olympics, placing an international spotlight on tensions in France over national identity and perceived ...
Arabs in France are those parts of the Arab diaspora who have immigrated to France, as well as their descendants. Subgroups include Algerians in France , Moroccans in France , Mauritanians in France , Tunisians in France , Lebanese in France and Refugees of the Syrian Civil War .