British Muslim population by Ethnic group (Source: 2001 Census[65]) Number of Muslims Muslims as % of ethnic group Ethnic group as % of Muslims White 179,733 0.4 11.6 White British 63,042 0.1 4.1 White Irish 890 0.1 <0.1 Other White 115,841 8.6 7.5 Mixed 64,262 9.7 4.2 White & Black Caribbean 1,385 0.6 0.1 White & Black African 10,523 13.3 0.7 White & Asian 30,397 16.1 2.0 Other Mixed 21,957 14.1 1.4 Asian or Asian British 1,139,065 50.1 73.7 Indian 131,662 12.7 8.5 Pakistani 657,680 92.0 42.5 Bangladeshi 261,776 92.5 16.8 Other Asian 90,013 37.3 5.8 Black or Black British 106,345 9.3 6.9 Black Caribbean 4,477 0.8 0.3 Black African 96,136 20.0 6.2 Other Black 5,732 6.0 0.4 Chinese 752 0.3 <0.1 Other Ethnic Group 56,429 25.7 3.7 Total 1,546,626 3.0 100