Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

How many Muslims live in Germany? 101
Figure 16: Age structure of Muslims according to denomination
(in per cent)
Sunni
Shiite
Alevi
Other
24,0
20,6
20,5
29,3
17,8
15,4
17,9
15,8
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
0 to 15 years old 16 to 24 years old 25 to 64 years old 65 years old and older
Source: MLG 2008, dataset covering all household members, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 6,537
2.2.4 Regional distribution among the Federal states
98 per cent of Muslims in Germany live in the old Federal
states and East Berlin (table 11). There are, however, differences
between the groups of origin. Of the relatively small group of
Muslims from Central Asia/CIS, nearly 13 per cent live in the new
Federal states, while only about five per cent of Muslims from
the Middle East and from North Africa live there. For Muslims
from other groups of origin, fewer than 5 per cent of each group
live in the new Federal states. The figures are particularly small
for the share of Muslims from Turkey and other parts of Africa,
at below 1 per cent in each case. The largest share of Muslims in
the new Federal states is to be found in Saxony. Overall, however,
it can be stated that members of the Muslim religion are
barely represented in the new Federal states.
53,7
60,1
61,1
52,4
4,3
1,6
3,1
2,5