Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

How many Muslims live in Germany? 75
total number of Muslims with a migrant background from the
countries and country groups being covered. This shows that
there are between 3.8 and 4.3 million Muslims with German
or foreign nationality living in Germany who come from one
of the nearly 50 predominantly Muslim countries (table 6). As
around 82 million people live in Germany (Bundesinstitut für
Bevölkerungsforschung (Federal institute for demographic
research); Statistisches Bundesamt 2008: 12), the share of Muslims
in the total population stands at between 4.6 and 5.2 per
cent. Around 45 per cent of the Muslims living in Germany are
German nationals, while around 55 per cent possess a foreign
nationality.
** Due to the fact that no individuals were identified as Saudi Arabian nationals, it is not
posible to calculate the corresponding share of persons with a migrant background; it is
therfore also not possible to extrapolate the number of Muslims from Saudi Arabia. As there
are only 1,714 Saudi Arabian nationals living in Germany according to the AZR as at 30 June
2008, this has hardly any effect on extrapolations for Muslims as a whole.
Source: MLG 2008, dataset covering all household members and the AZR as at 30 June 2008
(X = no extrapolation possible / question is not applicable)