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The growth of Muslim population at this time was recorded as 3.88% compared to 1.13% for the general Australian population. [citation needed]. From 2011-2016, Muslim population grew by 27% from 476,291 to 604,200 with majority residing in New South Wales. The following is a breakdown of the country of birth of Muslims in Australia from 2001: [116]
In the 2001 census, 248,807 Australian residents reported Arab ancestry. Additionally, 209,372 Australians indicated that they spoke Arabic at home. 162,283 Australian residents were born in one of the 22 Arab League nations, a proportion which represented 0.8% of Australia's population. 120,000 Australians also had a parent who was born in an Arab state.
General immigration, combined with religious conversion to Islam by Christians and other Australians, as well as Australia's participation in UN refugee efforts has increased the overall Muslim population. Around 36% of Muslims are Australian born.
At the time of the 2016 census, the total population reached 61,913 individuals. [12] The Pakistani community is the second fastest-growing in terms of population growth. [12] Pakistanis are also the largest contributor of overseas-born Muslims in Australia, at 14.7 percent. [4]
Between 1975–1990, more than 30,000 civil war refugees arrived in Australia. [9] Most immigrants were Muslim Lebanese from deprived rural areas who learned of Australia's Lebanon Concession and decided to seek a better life. They were Muslims from northern Lebanon as Christian and Muslim Lebanese were unwilling to leave the capital city, Beirut.
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
In spite of becoming an Ahmadi Muslim, Hassan Musa Khan continued to play a significant role among the Muslims of Australia. In 1904, the local Muslim community gathered funds, and built one of Australia's first mosques, in William Street, Perth, [1] today simply identified as the Perth Mosque. Khan played a pivotal role in promoting the ...