Demographics: Muslim youth 5%
Update: Corrected below, Muslim youth (not Muslims) make up 11% of the world's population.
CNN published a map on their site showing the percentages of Muslim youth around the world. For every country the map gives the total population, percentage of Muslims and percentage of Muslims under 25 out of the total population. The list of the countries with over 60% young Muslims is a list of the hot-spots around the world: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia.
Turning to Europe, I'll type out some of the data:
France - 8% Muslims, 2.38% Muslim youth (30% youth out of Muslim population)
UK - 3% Muslims, 0.93% Muslim youth (31% youth out of Muslim population)
Sweden - 3% Muslims, 0.92%, Muslim youth (31% youth out of Muslim population)
Norway - 2% Muslims, 0.66% Muslim youth (33% youth out of Muslim population)
Denmark - 2% Muslims, 0.6% Muslim youth (30% youth out of Muslim population)
Germany - 4% Muslims, 0.98% Muslim youth (25% youth out of Muslim population)
Austria - 4% Muslims, 0.41% Muslim youth (10% youth out of Muslim population)
Netherlands - 4% Muslims, 1.19% Muslim youth (30% youth out of Muslim population)
Belgium - 4% Muslims, 1.14% Muslim youth (28% youth out of Muslim population)
In other words, it looks like the general trend/average is that about 30% of the Muslim population consists of young people under 25. Some of the estimates for the general Muslim population seem a bit off. Belgium is said to have 6% Muslims, the Netherlands 5% and Denmark 3-4%. The percentages for France and the UK seem to be the high-side estimates.
Reading the map, I felt it didn't give me the most important data: what is the proportion of young Muslims among the general young population? I turned to Dr. John R. Weeks, of the International Population Center at San Diego State University, who's listed as the source for the data, and he was extremely helpful.
Worldwide, CNN reports Muslim youth make up 11% of the population. Dr. Weeks say they estimate 3,079,575,000 people under 25, of whom 837,985,353 are Muslim. That is, 27% of the worldwide population under 25 are Muslim.
In Europe they estimate 103,839,236 people under 25, of whom 5,286,539 are Muslim (5%). Including Turkey and Russia, there are estimated to be 178,415,236 people under 25, of whom 41,958,479 are Muslim (24%). Most of these are in Turkey, where almost 43% of the population are Muslims under 25.
Source: Generation Islam, h/t Al-Kanz
Update: Corrected below, Muslim youth (not Muslims) make up 11% of the world's population.
CNN published a map on their site showing the percentages of Muslim youth around the world. For every country the map gives the total population, percentage of Muslims and percentage of Muslims under 25 out of the total population. The list of the countries with over 60% young Muslims is a list of the hot-spots around the world: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia.
Turning to Europe, I'll type out some of the data:
France - 8% Muslims, 2.38% Muslim youth (30% youth out of Muslim population)
UK - 3% Muslims, 0.93% Muslim youth (31% youth out of Muslim population)
Sweden - 3% Muslims, 0.92%, Muslim youth (31% youth out of Muslim population)
Norway - 2% Muslims, 0.66% Muslim youth (33% youth out of Muslim population)
Denmark - 2% Muslims, 0.6% Muslim youth (30% youth out of Muslim population)
Germany - 4% Muslims, 0.98% Muslim youth (25% youth out of Muslim population)
Austria - 4% Muslims, 0.41% Muslim youth (10% youth out of Muslim population)
Netherlands - 4% Muslims, 1.19% Muslim youth (30% youth out of Muslim population)
Belgium - 4% Muslims, 1.14% Muslim youth (28% youth out of Muslim population)
In other words, it looks like the general trend/average is that about 30% of the Muslim population consists of young people under 25. Some of the estimates for the general Muslim population seem a bit off. Belgium is said to have 6% Muslims, the Netherlands 5% and Denmark 3-4%. The percentages for France and the UK seem to be the high-side estimates.
Reading the map, I felt it didn't give me the most important data: what is the proportion of young Muslims among the general young population? I turned to Dr. John R. Weeks, of the International Population Center at San Diego State University, who's listed as the source for the data, and he was extremely helpful.
Worldwide, CNN reports Muslim youth make up 11% of the population. Dr. Weeks say they estimate 3,079,575,000 people under 25, of whom 837,985,353 are Muslim. That is, 27% of the worldwide population under 25 are Muslim.
In Europe they estimate 103,839,236 people under 25, of whom 5,286,539 are Muslim (5%). Including Turkey and Russia, there are estimated to be 178,415,236 people under 25, of whom 41,958,479 are Muslim (24%). Most of these are in Turkey, where almost 43% of the population are Muslims under 25.
Source: Generation Islam, h/t Al-Kanz
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