Ethnic Background
London Muslim population origin
- Turkish- 300,000 to 350,000
(UK: 500,000)
(includes people from Cyprus and Turkey)
- Pakistani - 240,000
(UK: more than 1,000,000)
- Bangladeshi - 170,000
(UK: around 500,000)
- Somali - 140,000
(UK: 200,000-250,000)
- Iraqi - 130,000
(UK: 240,000)
- Nigerian - 120,000
(UK: 220,000)
- Indian - 100,000
(UK: 330,000 that are Muslims and 1,300,000 non-muslims)
- Afghan - 71,000
(UK: 100,000-150,000)
- Ghanaian - 70,000
(UK: 130,000) iranian shia, Turkish alavi
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