In England, Muslims are about 6.5% of the population based on the 2021 Census for England and Wales, which is the most reliable current official count available. That includes people born in the UK and people born abroad; the Census does not split the total into “foreigners” versus UK-born Muslims in the headline figures.

What the number means

The official count for England and Wales is 3,868,133 Muslims in the 2021 Census, made up of 1,907,371 females and 1,960,762 males.

That works out to about 6.5% of the population of England and Wales, not just England alone.

Including foreigners

If by “including foreigners” you mean everyone who is Muslim regardless of birthplace or nationality , then the 6.5% figure already includes them.

If you mean how many are foreign-born , the official headline source I found here does not break Muslims down that way.

Older reporting using ONS data said that in Great Britain, slightly more than half of Muslims were born overseas, but that was based on earlier figures and is not the same as a current England-only estimate.

Simple takeaway

  • England and Wales Muslim share: about 6.5%.
  • England alone: slightly different from England and Wales, but the official source in hand does not give a separate England-only percentage in the snippet available.
  • Foreign-born Muslim share: not given in the current official headline figure.

If you want, I can turn this into a clean HTML table for posting.