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The Muslim percentage in Macedonia generally decreased from 1904 to 1961 but began to rise again due to high fertility rate among Muslim families, reaching 33.33% in 2002. According to the census of 2021, the share of Muslims was 32.17% of the total (resident) population, which was slightly lower compared to 33.33% in the census of 2002.
There are also many other religious groups in North Macedonia, including Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism. In 2011, through a survey carried out by Ipsos MORI , the religious composition of North Macedonia was found to be 70.7% Christian, divided in 69.6% Eastern Orthodox and 0.4% Catholics and Protestants , and 28.6% Muslim , with ...
In 2002, a group of armed members of the Islamic Community of Macedonia invaded the Shiʻi Bektashi Order's Arabati Baba Tekke in an attempt to claim the Shia tekke as a mosque for their followers, although the facility has never functioned as such. Subsequently, the Bektashi Order of Macedonia has sued the Macedonian government for failing to ...
Population of North Macedonia according to ethnic group 1948–2021 [30] Ethnic group census 1948 census 1953 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 1 census 2002 census 2021 Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Macedonians: 789,648 68.5 860,699 66.0 1,000,854 71.2 1,142,375 69.3 ...
In the 2002 census, many Torbeši identified themselves with ethnic groups of their Muslim co-religionists: Albanians and Turks. [40] The 2021 North Macedonia census was the first to have a separate ethnic category for Torbeši; a total of 4,174 individuals in the country identified as such and a further 455 identified as "Muslim Macedonians".
The Muslim community includes a small number of Sufi orders. Other religious groups that together constitute less than 2 percent of the population include Roman Catholics, various Protestant denominations, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Jewish community estimates it has 200-250 members.
Exodus from Northern Greece; ... Ethnic groups in North Macedonia, according to the 2002 census. ... Muslims: 1187 0.06 Montenegrins: 1023 0.06
Pages in category "Islam in North Macedonia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...