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Ethnic Albanians

Albanians
Shqiptarët
Total population
7–11.6 million
Regions with significant populations
 Albania 2,312,356 (2011)
 Kosovo 1,616,869 (2011)
 Turkey 500,000–5,000,00022002
 Macedonia 509,083 (2002)
 Greece 280,000–600,000 (Includes dual citizens, temporary migrants, and undocumented)
 Montenegro 30,439 (2011)
 Croatia 17,513 (2011)
 Romania 10,000 (2010)
 Slovenia 4,020
 Italy 800,0001
 Germany 300,000
  Switzerland 200,000
 Sweden 54,000
 United Kingdom 30,000
 Austria 28,212
 France 20,000
 Netherlands 5,000–20,000
 Norway 10,000
 Denmark 8,223
 Finland 8,214
 Belgium 5,600–30,000
 Ukraine 5,000
 Serbia 5,809 (2011)
Rest of World: ca. 250.000
 United States 193,813
 Canada 28,270
 Australia 11,315
 Argentina 40.000
Languages
Albanian
(Gheg and Tosk Dialects)
Religion

Islam (majority)
Sunni · Bektashi · Sufism
Christianity (minority)
Roman Catholicism · Italo-Albanian Catholic Church · Albanian Orthodox · Protestantism

Irreligion

1 502,546 Albanian citizens, an additional 43,751 Kosovo Albanians and 260,000 Arbëreshë people

2 Albanians are not recognized as a minority in Turkey. However approximately 500,000 people are reported to profess an Albanian identity. Of those with full or partial Albanian ancestry and others who have adopted Turkish language, culture and identity their number is estimated at 1,300,000–5,000,000 many whom do not speak Albanian.

3 Native speakers of Albanian

Islam (majority)
Sunni · Bektashi · Sufism
Christianity (minority)
Roman Catholicism · Italo-Albanian Catholic Church · Albanian Orthodox · Protestantism

2 Albanians are not recognized as a minority in Turkey. However approximately 500,000 people are reported to profess an Albanian identity. Of those with full or partial Albanian ancestry and others who have adopted Turkish language, culture and identity their number is estimated at 1,300,000–5,000,000 many whom do not speak Albanian.

Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) are an ethnic group, native to Albania, Kosovo and neighboring countries. The term is also used to refer to the citizens of the Republic of Albania. Ethnic Albanians speak the Albanian language and more than half of ethnic Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo. A large Albanian population lives in the Republic of Macedonia and Italy, with smaller Albanian populations located in Serbia and Montenegro. The majority of Albanians are nominally Muslims (mainly Sunni, with a smaller Shia, Sufi and Bektashi component), and a minority are nominally Christians (Catholic and Orthodox).


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