
Originally Posted by
lardy
One of the great things about working with percentages alone is that if you add a small number to a small number then the percentage change looks huge. Add the same small number to a big number and it's almost negligible.
Using a combination of severncity's graphic (useful as it shows the raw numbers) and the Pew projections given (which I can't find on the net but would be interested to see):
2011 Muslims in the UK = 2,706,000 plus 94% increase until 2031 = 5,249,640.
2,543,640 more Muslims over the next 15 years
2011 non-Muslims in the UK = 53,370,000 plus 3.8% increase until 2031 = 55,398,060
2,028,060 more non-Muslims over the next 15 years
Doesn't seem quite so alarming now. My guess is that most of us wouldn't even notice the change in our day to day lives.