Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

How many Muslims live in Germany? 65
tal of approximately 1.5 million. The second largest group, with
some 355,000 persons, is comprised of those who are citizens of
a country in Southeast Europe (figure 4). The remaining foreign
Muslims, approximately 353,000 in number, originate from
Iran or other countries in South/Southeast Asia, Central Asia/CIS,
the Middle East, North Africa or other parts of Africa.
Figure 4: Number of foreign Muslims according to their region of origin
(in thousands)
1.800
1.600
1.400
1.200
1.000
800
600
400
200
0
355
Southeast
Europe
1.506
Turkey Central
Asia/CIS
110
73
13 33 32
Iran South/
Southeast
Asia
Middle
Eas t
92
North
Africa
other parts
of Africa
Minimum value Mean value Maximum value
Projection on the basis of MLG 2008, dataset covering all household members and AZR
as at 30 June 2008
2.1.2 Number of Muslims with German citizenship and a
relevant migrant background
In order to determine the number of Muslims living in
Germany who come from one of the nearly 50 countries of
origin being covered, calculations include not only those individuals
with a corresponding foreign nationality, but also the