Europe’s Muslim population is a decade younger than the non-Muslim median.

Evidence

As predominantly-white European populations continue to age and shrink in number demographically, the idea that dark-skinned Muslims are becoming a larger percentage of European populations is creating growing unease. According to the Pew Research Center, Muslim communities across Europe are generally younger than other demographic groups. The median age for Muslims in Europe was around thirty-two-years old, while all other Europeans were about eight years older with a median age around forty. This growing age disparity is expected to increase even more in the decades to come. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 546

Categorization

• XREF: Demographic-fear driver connects to the population-replacement anxiety themes in single-nation studies. — connects to: Migration drives roughly half of Europe’s projected Muslim population growth to 2050. — Margaret Hodson, Baby Jihad, 24; British Muslims are now a larger, younger, and more organized community than in 1997. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 85
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 546

Related

• European Muslim populations would keep growing even with zero immigration (similarity 0.85)
• Migration drives roughly half of Europe’s projected Muslim population growth to 2050. (similarity 0.85)
• British Muslims are now a larger, younger, and more organized community than in 1997. (similarity 0.84)
• Europe’s Muslim population is projected to reach 29.8 million by 2030 (similarity 0.84)
• Britain’s Muslim population age structure derives from labour-migrant migration patterns. (similarity 0.83)
• Muslims make up under 5 percent of Europe’s population (similarity 0.82)
• Europe’s Muslim population share far exceeds that of the United States (similarity 0.81)
• Muslim population growth stems mechanistically from migration age and birth rates (similarity 0.81)
• Muslims dominate European immigration and resist cultural integration (similarity 0.81)
• Millions of European-born Muslims have been relegated to second-class citizenry. (similarity 0.80)
• Europe’s Muslim population reached 18.2 million by 2010 (similarity 0.80)
• European Muslim integration will enrich rather than harm Europe (similarity 0.79)
• American Muslims now outnumber Episcopalians and will match US Jews by 2030 (similarity 0.79)