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Today, 95.6% of Kosovo's population are Muslims, most of whom are ethnic Albanians. [4] There are also non- Albanian speaking Muslims, who define themselves as Bosniaks , Gorani and Turks . History
According to the 2012 European Social Survey, the population of Kosovo was about 88% Muslim, 5.8% Catholic, 2.9% Eastern Orthodox, 2.9% irreligious, 0.1% Protestant and 0.4% another religion. [8] In 2010, according to Pew Research Center, Kosovo had 93.8% Muslims and 6.1% Christians (mainly Orthodox but also Catholics and even Protestants).
The same year, US CIA World Factbook estimate put the country's population at 1,977,093. [2] According to the first census conducted after the 2008 declaration of independence in 2011, the permanent population of Kosovo was 1,739,825.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
A Pew Research Study in 2015 found that the Muslim population was expected to grow twice as fast (70%) as the world population by 2060 (1.8 billion in 2015 to 3 billion by 2060). [313] This expected growth is much larger than any other religious group. [ 313 ]
Muslim population growth is the worldwide growth of adherents of the religion of Islam through religious conversion and reproduction in Muslim communities. Between 2015 and 2060, Muslim population is projected to increase by 70%, from 1.76 billion to 3 billion. [1] This compares with the 32% growth of world population during the same period. [2]
Kosovo's constitution, passed when the former Yugoslav province declared independence in 2008, says everyone has the right to marry but that laws should be passed to regulate marriages.
The Ottoman population records for 1895 indicate male population of 132,450 Muslims and 73,924 Christians for the Sanjak of Pristina, 73,708 Muslims and 24,101 Christians for the Sanjak of Prizren and 24,852 Muslims and 9,468 Christians for the Sanjak of Ipek, or a total of some 462,000 Muslims (of both sexes), or 68.2%, and some 215,000 ...