Pew Researchers: Muslims and Migration Scenario

pew researchers: All three used a mid-2016 estimate of 25.8 million as a baseline, but assumed different future migration rates, according to CTV. Under the zero migration scenario, an estimated 30 million Muslims would make up 7.4 per cent of Europe's population by 2050 compared to the 4.9 per cent they comprised last year, the report projected. The Pew Research Center report modeled three scenarios for estimating the number of Muslims who would be living in Europe by 2050. The researchers said that is mostly because Muslims are on average 13 years younger than other Europeans and also have a higher birthrate, the Pew researchers said. In the high migration scenario, the study projects that the record flow of migrants who came to Europe between 2015 and 2016 would continue indefinitely, resulting in 75 million Muslims in Europe, a 14 per cent increase, by the middle of the century. The study estimates 58.8 million Muslims would account for 11.2 per cent of the population in a medium migration scenario that has migration maintaining a regular speed -- defined by the Pew researchers as migration motivated by economic, educational and family reasons -- but not for seeking asylum as a refugee. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.