List of cities in the European Union by Muslim population

Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in Europe, primarily due to immigration and higher fertility rates among Muslims.[1][2][3] Since the 1960s, immigrants from Muslim countries started to appear in numbers in Western Europe, especially in Germany, France and Belgium. Although large Muslim communities have existed on the continent since Ottoman conquests in the late Middle Ages, especially in the Balkans, this was the first major wave of immigration of Muslims to northwestern Europe.[4]

Muslims in Europe are not a homogeneous group. They are of various national, ethnic and racial identities. The top regions of origin of Muslims in Western Europe are Turkey, the Maghreb (including Morocco and Algeria), and South Asia (including Pakistan and Afghanistan).[5]

In Western Europe, Muslims generally live in major urban areas, often concentrated in poor neighborhoods of large cities.[6]

According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2016 the total number of Muslims in Europe is roughly 4.9%. The total number of Muslims in the European Union in 2010 was about 19 million (3.8%).[7] The French capital of Paris and its metropolitan area has the largest number (1.7 million in 2008 according to The Economist)[8] of Muslims out of any city in the European Union.

By 2030, people of Muslim faith or origin are predicted to form about 8% of the population of Europe.[7]

The table below lists large cities of the European Union with significant Muslim populations, some estimating the percentage of Muslims by using the percentage of Asians in those cities.

City Member state % Muslim (est.)
Amsterdam  Netherlands 12.1%[9][10]
Antwerp  Belgium 16.9%[11]
Almeria  Spain 12%[12]
Barcelona  Spain 5.6%[13]
Berlin  Germany 11%[14]
Brussels  Belgium 25%,[15]
Cologne  Germany 12%[16][17][18]
Constanța  Romania 5.1%[19]
Copenhagen  Denmark 10%[5][6][20]
Dobrich  Bulgaria 7.2%[21]
Dublin  Ireland 2.11%[22]
Frankfurt  Germany 12.6%[23]
Haskovo  Bulgaria 18.2%[24]
Kardzhali  Bulgaria 52.8%[25]
Komotini  Greece 54.77% (metro area)[26]
Malmö  Sweden 16%[27][5][20]
Marseille  France 20%,[8][20] 25%[5][6][28][29]
Medgidia  Romania 16.7%[30]
Melilla  Spain 51.98%[31][32]
Offenbach  Germany 14%[33]
Oslo  Norway 9.53%[34]
Paris  France 10%[5][6][20] (15% in metro area)[8][28]
Plovdiv  Bulgaria 5.0%[35]
Razgrad  Bulgaria 29.3% [36]
Rotterdam  Netherlands 13.7%[37][8]
Roubaix  France 20%[38]
Ruse  Bulgaria 5.9%[39]
Shumen  Bulgaria 14.5%[40] (around 33.8%-35.5% in Shumen Province)
The Hague  Netherlands 14.7%[37][10]
Utrecht  Netherlands 9.9%[37][10]
Vienna  Austria 8%,[8] 10%,[5] 11.8%[41]
Xanthi  Greece 42.19% (metro area)[26]


See also

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