Which European cities have the highest percentages of Muslim residents. The "Islam in Europe" blog compiled the following statistics, with sources marked by an asterisk and some edits by me.
Marseilles - 25 percent (200,000 of 800,000) (*)
Malmö - ~25 percent (67,000 of 270,000) (*)
Amsterdam - 24 percent (180,000 of 750,000) (*)
Stockholm - 20 percent (>155,000 of 771,038) (*)
Brussels - ~20 percent (some say 33 percent) (*)
Moscow - 16 percent-20 percent (2 million of 10-12 million) (*)
London - 17 percent (1.3 million of 7.5 million) (*)
Luton - 14.6 percent (26,963) (*)
Birmingham 14.3 percent (139,771) (*)
The Hague - 14.2 percent ( 67,896 of 475,580) (*)
Utrecht - 13.2 percent (38,300 of 289,000) (*)
Rotterdam - 13 percent (80,000 of 600,000) (*)
Copenhagen - 12.6 percent (63,000 of 500,000) (*)
Leicester - 11 percent (>30,000 of 280,000) (*)
Aarhus - ~10 percent (*)
Zaan district (Netherlands) - 8.8 percent (*)
Paris - 7.38 percent (155,000 of 2.1 million) (*)
Antwerp- 6.7 percent (>30,000 of >450,000) (*)
Hamburg - 6.4 percent (>110,000 of 1.73 million) (*)
Berlin - 5.9 percent (~200,000 of 3.40 million) (*)
Comments: (1) It is striking to note that many of the continent's largest cities – London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow – also have its largest Muslim populations; also, the capital cities are disproportionately represented. Also noteworthy is how, other than Marseilles, they are all northerly. (2) The above numbers do not indicate rates of growth; given the proportionately higher influx into Sweden than other countries, I'd put my money on Malmö or Stockholm being the first west European city with a Muslim majority, with Moscow as a wild card, given that Russian demographic dynamics are so different. (November 23, 2007)
