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102 How many <strong>Muslim</strong>s live <strong>in</strong> <strong>Germany</strong>?<br />

Table 11: Distribution of <strong>Muslim</strong>s among the Federal states accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

their region of orig<strong>in</strong> (<strong>in</strong> per cent)<br />

South-<br />

east<br />

Europe<br />

Turkey<br />

Central<br />

Asia/<br />

CIS<br />

New Federal states - total 3,3 0,6 12,8 2,5 2,1 4,5 4,8 0,9 1,6<br />

Source: MLG 2008, dataset cover<strong>in</strong>g all household members, weighted.<br />

Unweighted number of cases: 8,171<br />

Iran<br />

South/<br />

South-<br />

east<br />

Asia<br />

Middle<br />

East<br />

Old Federal states<br />

North<br />

Africa<br />

other<br />

parts<br />

of<br />

Africa<br />

Baden-Württemberg 21,7 18,3 0,0 11,7 9,4 9,5 8,2 5,6 16,6<br />

Bavaria 12,7 14,1 26,1 12,7 9,4 11,3 7,6 16,8 13,2<br />

Berl<strong>in</strong> 3,5 6,9 2,2 5,9 5,0 16,4 2,7 15,0 6,9<br />

Bremen 0,5 1,8 — 2,0 1,8 1,1 1,3 3,7 1,6<br />

Hamburg 1,2 3,2 — 5,4 13,1 3,5 2,3 15,0 3,5<br />

Hesse 14,3 8,3 0,0 11,7 27,2 5,4 20,3 8,4 10,3<br />

Lower Saxony 12,8 5,0 2,2 4,9 6,3 9,8 5,1 6,5 6,2<br />

North Rh<strong>in</strong>e-Westphalia 23,9 35,3 54,3 38,0 18,3 29,3 39,0 17,8 33,1<br />

Rh<strong>in</strong>eland-Palat<strong>in</strong>ate 4,2 3,9 2,2 1,5 3,7 3,9 6,3 4,7 4,0<br />

Saarland 1,2 0,6 0,0 2,4 0,5 1,2 1,1 1,9 0,8<br />

Schleswig-Holste<strong>in</strong> 0,4 2,1 0,0 1,5 3,4 4,4 1,5 3,7 2,1<br />

Old Federal states - total 96,7 99,4 87,2 97,5 97,9 95,5 95,2 99,1 98,4<br />

New Federal states<br />

Brandenburg 0,3 0,1 — 0,5 0,3 0,3 0,2 — 0,1<br />

Mecklenburg-Western<br />

Pomerania<br />

0,4 — 6,5 — — 0,6 — — 0,1<br />

Saxony 0,6 0,3 — 2,0 1,0 2,4 3,0 0,9 0,7<br />

Saxony-Anhalt 2,0 0,2 2,2 — — 0,6 0,8 — 0,4<br />

Thur<strong>in</strong>gia — 0,1 4,3 — 0,8 0,5 0,6 — 0,2<br />

<strong>Muslim</strong>s are widely spread geographically across the old<br />

Federal states. The highest share is to be found <strong>in</strong> the populous<br />

Federal state of North Rh<strong>in</strong>e-Westphalia, which is home to one <strong>in</strong><br />

three <strong>Muslim</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>Germany</strong>. It is followed by Baden-Württemberg,<br />

Bavaria and Hesse, each with a share of more than 10 per cent. The<br />

seven rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, mostly smaller old Federal states account for<br />

roughly 25 per cent of <strong>Muslim</strong>s.<br />

Total

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