The Muslim population could triple in some European countries by 2050, with the UK projected to see one of the most rapid rises throughout the continent.
A report entitled Europe's Growing Muslim Population said the percentage of Muslims making up the total population of Britain could rise from 9.7 to 17.2 per cent.
It attributed the rise to the levels of migration in 2015 and 2016, plus Muslims as a whole having a higher birth rate and lower average age to other Europeans.
As of 2016, the UK's share of Muslims was recorded as 6.3 per cent, compared to the European total of 4.9 per cent.
An inflation to 17.2 per cent in the UK, the highest projected increase, would see the number of Muslims in Britain triple. The Pew Research Center report modeled three scenarios for estimating the number of Muslims who would be living in Europe by 2050.
All three used a mid-2016 estimate of 25.8 million as a baseline, but assumed different future migration rates.
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