Total population | |
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2.8–4.6 million (est.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,769,592 |
Turkey | 101,000 – 2,000,0001 |
Germany | 158,158 |
Serbia | 145,278 |
Austria | 128,047 |
United States | 98,766 |
Sweden | 80,000 |
Montenegro | 53,605 |
Switzerland | 46,773 |
Croatia | 31,479 |
Kosovo | 27,533 |
Slovenia | 21,542 |
Canada | 21,040 |
Denmark | 21,000 |
Australia | 17,993 |
Macedonia | 17,018 |
Norway | 16,338 |
Italy | 3.600 |
Belgium | 2,182 |
European Union total | 400,000 |
Languages | |
Bosnian | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Nondenominational Muslim Also Sunni Muslim,Cultural Muslims,Progressive Muslims, and Irreligion. There are also individuals that practice other religions actively. |
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Related ethnic groups | |
Other Slavs, especially other South Slavs Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Slovenes, and Macedonians are the most closely related |
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1According to estimates commissioned in 2008 by the National Security Council of Turkey (Milli Güvenlik Kurulu) some 2,000,000 Turkish citizens are of Bosniak ancestry as mainly descended from Bosniak emigrants in the 19th and early 20th century. |
Predominantly Nondenominational Muslim
The Bosniaks (Bosnian: Bošnjaci/Бошњаци, pronounced [boʃɲǎːt͡si]; singular masculine: Bošnjak/Бошњак, feminine: Bošnjakinja/Бошњакиња) are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group inhabiting mainly the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A native minority of Bosniaks live in other countries in the Balkans; especially in the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro (where Bosniaks form a regional majority), and in Croatia and Kosovo. Bosniaks are typically characterized by their historic tie to the Bosnian historical region, traditional majority adherence to Islam since the 15th and 16th centuries, common culture and Bosnian language. English-speakers frequently refer to Bosniaks as Bosnian Muslims or simply as Bosnians, though the latter term can also denote all inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina (regardless of ethnic origin) or apply to citizenship in the country.