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Balkan Ethnic Overview


Kosovo

Population: 2 million
90% Albanian (mostly Muslim)
10% Serb (mostly Orthodox Christian)

Macedonia

Population: 2 million
65% Macedonian (mostly Orthodox Christian)
22% Albania (mostly Muslim)

Bosnia-Herzegonina

Population: 3.2 million
44% Muslim
31% Serb (mostly Orthodox Christian)
17% Croatian (mostly Roman Catholic)

Albania

Population: 3.4 million
95% Albanian (mostly Muslim)
3% Greek (mostly Orthodox Christian)

Greece

Population: 10.7 million
98% Greek (mostly Orthodox Chrisitan)

Turkey

(not part of Balkan peninsula, but historically involved)
Population: 64 million
80% Turk (mostly Muslim)
20% Kurd (mostly Muslim)

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