Islam In Sweden
Islam is, as of 2009, the religion of 106 327 officially registered members among citizens and residents of Sweden. Another non-Swedish figure tells roughly 450,000 to 500,000, around 5% of the total Swedish population, including people who wouldn't really regard themselves as Muslims.
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