3 minutes agoTurkish media: Albania, no longer a majority Muslim-Ben country under 50% for the first time in centuries
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Today, interesting data has been published by Albania's 2023 population census. Thus, what has drawn attention among other things is the division of religious beliefs in the population. For the first time in recent centuries, Albania is no longer a predominantly Muslim country. The news has [...]
Thus, what has drawn attention among other things is the division of religious beliefs in the population.
For the first time in recent centuries, Albania is no longer a predominantly Muslim country.
The news has also caught the attention of several Turkish newspapers that have reported it, saying Muslims in Albania have fallen below 50% for the first time in more than 200 years.
Muslims in Albania, however, continue to be the largest religious grouping of 45.7%.
Article in Turkish Media
Figures of religious faith according to Cencen 2023:
Muslims
Muslimsman-Bektas 115.644
Christian-Catolic 201.530
Christian Orthodox 173,645
Evangelical ʹ 9658
Another Faith ʹ 3670
Undiscipled
Atheist 85,311
No response
Can't afford 134,451
Religious Beliefs Division / Censi 2023
