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The Muslim population in Germany has risen to around 5.5 million and now represents some 6.5% of the total national population, according to an official government survey published Wednesday.

The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) put the total at between 5.3 million and 5.6 million, up around 900,000 since the last survey in 2015.

The figure represents between 6.4% and 6.7% of the total population, according to the survey, which was presented along with the Interior Ministry from BAMF headquarters in Nuremberg.