European Muslim populations would keep growing even with zero immigration

Evidence

According to the Pew Research Center, the total number of European Muslims is projected to continue to increase and this would remain true even if all Muslim immigration stopped today. For example, even if all immigration were halted at this very moment, the population of Muslims would still increase from 4.9 percent to 7.4 percent of the population of Europe by the year 2050, due to simple demographic change. This increase in European Muslim populations will occur mainly because Muslims tend to be younger (by thirteen years, on average) and because they also have higher fertility rates (usually at least one more child per family, on average). — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 557

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 557
• XREF: connects to: Europe’s Muslim population reached 18.2 million by 2010 — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 338; Europe’s Muslim population is projected to reach 29.8 million by 2030 — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 339; Europe’s Muslim population share far exceeds that of the United States — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 341 (+2 more)

Related

• Europe’s Muslim population is projected to reach 29.8 million by 2030 (similarity 0.92)
• Migration drives roughly half of Europe’s projected Muslim population growth to 2050. (similarity 0.90)
• Europe’s Muslim population reached 18.2 million by 2010 (similarity 0.87)
• Europe’s Muslim population share far exceeds that of the United States (similarity 0.86)
• Europe’s Muslim population is a decade younger than the non-Muslim median. (similarity 0.85)
• Muslims make up under 5 percent of Europe’s population (similarity 0.83)
• American Muslims now outnumber Episcopalians and will match US Jews by 2030 (similarity 0.81)
• Muslims dominate European immigration and resist cultural integration (similarity 0.81)
• European Muslim integration will enrich rather than harm Europe (similarity 0.80)
• The American Muslim population will become the nation’s second-largest faith group by 2050 (similarity 0.79)
• Millions of European-born Muslims have been relegated to second-class citizenry. (similarity 0.79)
• Muslim and Christian population shares will converge by 2060 due to divergent fertility rates. (similarity 0.78)
• Muslim population growth stems mechanistically from migration age and birth rates (similarity 0.78)