Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

How many Muslims live in Germany? 95
reverse situation applies with regard to the proportion among
the German population without a migrant background, as with
a share of 51 per cent there are slightly more women than men
among long-term German residents.
Table 10 Persons with a migrant background according to their gender,
religious affiliation and region of origin (in per cent) 40
South-
east
Europe
Turkey
Central
Asia/
CIS
Iran
South/
South-
east
Asia
Muslims
Middle
East
North
Africa
other
parts
of
Africa
Total
Male 51,2 50,9 48,9 53,9 55,6 58,2 60,0 66,4 52,5
Female 48,8 49,1 51,1 46,1 44,4 41,8 40,0 33,6 47,5
Members of other religious communities
Male 51,7 56,6 48,4 53,7 56,6 56,7 45,8 57,3 51,1
Female 48,3 43,4 51,6 46,3 43,4 43,3 54,2 42,7 48,9
No religious affiliation
Male 60,8 53,8 51,8 57,2 59,0 58,3 51,0 63,9 54,9
Female 39,2 46,2 48,2 42,8 41,0 41,7 49,0 36,1 45,1
Total
Male 54,0 51,6 49,7 55,2 56,5 57,9 57,5 60,3 52,7
Female 46,0 48,4 50,3 44,8 43,5 42,1 42,5 39,7 47,3
Source: MLG 2008, dataset covering all household members, weighted. Unweighted
number of cases: 16,984
The share of men is larger among the group of Muslims
and members of other religious communities, as well as among
householder members with no religious affiliation. However,
this uneven gender distribution is most evident among the
group of persons with no religious affiliation. The aforemen-
40 These values relate to all of the persons with a migrant background living in the
households. They are the definitive values for structural findings. The distribution
among the Muslims surveyed for those 16 years of age and older may deviate
slightly (see table 13).