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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeople massively overestimate Muslim population, poll shows
The average French estimate was that 31% of the population was Muslim almost one in three residents. According to Pew Research, Frances Muslim population actually stood at 7.5% in 2010, or one in 13 people.
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The French were not the only ones to hold such misconceptions: Italian, German and Belgian respondents all guessed that more than a fifth of the resident population was Muslim, while in reality the figure ranges from 3.7% in Italy to 7% in Belgium. All three countries also greatly overstated the expected proportion of Muslim residents in 2020.
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British respondents put the current Muslim population at 15%, three times the 2010 figure, while they overestimated the projected 2020 population by an even greater margin (22%versus an actual projection of 6%).
In the US the average estimate was Muslims accounted for one in six people, whereas Pew put the actual figure at one in 100, while the future projection was even further off the mark.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/datablog/2016/dec/13/europeans-massively-overestimate-muslim-population-poll-shows
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The French were not the only ones to hold such misconceptions: Italian, German and Belgian respondents all guessed that more than a fifth of the resident population was Muslim, while in reality the figure ranges from 3.7% in Italy to 7% in Belgium. All three countries also greatly overstated the expected proportion of Muslim residents in 2020.
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British respondents put the current Muslim population at 15%, three times the 2010 figure, while they overestimated the projected 2020 population by an even greater margin (22%versus an actual projection of 6%).
In the US the average estimate was Muslims accounted for one in six people, whereas Pew put the actual figure at one in 100, while the future projection was even further off the mark.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/datablog/2016/dec/13/europeans-massively-overestimate-muslim-population-poll-shows
Loads of countries are way off reality, both for the present numbers, and an estimate for 2020. Graphs (which I can't copy) at the link. You can find more here: http://perils.ipsos.com/
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People massively overestimate Muslim population, poll shows (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2016
OP
You can take a quiz about figures (for the USA, or other countries) here
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2016
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JI7
(89,264 posts)1. they might assume most brown and maybe black people are muslim
Even if they are not.
True Dough
(17,321 posts)2. You're probably right
And many can't or don't differentiate between Sikhs and Muslims either.
Most of it is fear of the unknown. Paranoia running rampant.
JI7
(89,264 posts)3. yeah sikhs are some of the biggest victims of anti muslim attacks
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)4. You can take a quiz about figures (for the USA, or other countries) here