Census Year Number of Muslims Population of England and Wales Muslim (% of population) Registered mosques Muslims per mosque 1961 50,000 46,196,000 0.11 7 7,143 1971 226,000 49,152,000 0.46 30 7,533 1981 553,000 49,634,000 1.11 149 3,711 1991 950,000 51,099,000 1.86 443 2,144 2001 1,600,000 52,042,000 3.07 614 2,606 2011 2,706,000 56,076,000 4.83 1,500 1,912 2014 (estimate) 3,047,000 -- 5.4 1,750 (2015) 1,741
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5.4