Muslim population growth stems mechanistically from migration age and birth rates

Evidence

The increase in the number of Muslims significantly influenced by their younger demographic profile compared with the national population as a whole: 33% of Muslims are aged 15 or under compared with 19% of the total population. This is a consequence of the age at which most people migrate from one country to another; as discussed above, the majority of Muslims who migrated to Britain entered the country as labourers – overwhelmingly they were young men, who later brought their wives and children to join them. Although the earliest migrants have now reached retirement age (4% of Muslims compared with 16% of the population as a whole), births among Muslims continue to outnumber deaths, and as a result the population has increased rather than declined (Simpson 2013). — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 205

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Britain’s Muslim population age structure derives from labour-migrant migration patterns. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 210; Muslim population growth in Britain matched expected demography yet the press framed it alarmingly. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 209; Press alarmism exaggerated Muslim population growth driven by normal demography — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 204 (+2 more)

Related

• Britain’s Muslim population age structure derives from labour-migrant migration patterns. (similarity 0.94)
• Press alarmism exaggerated Muslim population growth driven by normal demography (similarity 0.86)
• British Muslims are now a larger, younger, and more organized community than in 1997. (similarity 0.85)
• Migration drives roughly half of Europe’s projected Muslim population growth to 2050. (similarity 0.83)
• Muslim population growth in Britain matched expected demography yet the press framed it alarmingly. (similarity 0.82)
• Religious population growth follows age structures, with Christianity aging out already in Europe. (similarity 0.82)
• Europe’s Muslim population is a decade younger than the non-Muslim median. (similarity 0.81)
• Muslim and Christian population shares will converge by 2060 due to divergent fertility rates. (similarity 0.81)
• Migration affects demographics less than fertility rates and age distribution. (similarity 0.81)
• Fertility and age structure dwarf conversion in shaping religious demographics. (similarity 0.80)
• Europe’s Muslim population is projected to reach 29.8 million by 2030 (similarity 0.79)
• European Muslim populations would keep growing even with zero immigration (similarity 0.78)
• Muslim-majority populations grew nearly 50 percent between 1955 and 1970 (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Fertility and age structure dwarf conversion in shaping religious demographics. #corroborates (0.90) — Margaret Hodson, Baby Jihad, 34
• Migration affects demographics less than fertility rates and age distribution. #corroborates (0.75) — Margaret Hodson, Baby Jihad, 26