- 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