There are currently an estimated 5.7 million Muslims in France but that number could grow dramatically by 2050, a new study has predicted.

How France's Muslim population will grow in the future
Grand Mosque of Paris. Photo: AFP
France's Muslim population has greatly increased in recent years.

This is partly down to a record number of people seeking asylum in Europe as they flee conflicts in Syria and other predominantly Muslim countries, but mainly due to normal migration from Muslim countries.

Between mid-2010 and mid-2016, France received more than half a million Muslim migrants. Most of these were regular migrants rather than asylum seekers, according to the report by respected American think-tank Pew Research Centre which calls itself “non-partisan”.

During this time, France also accepted a total of 80,000 refugees, most of whom were Muslim.

Pew's new study looking at how this is likely to change Europe's population predicts what it could mean for the future make up of France according to three possible scenarios.
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