20 April 2025, 08:25 | Editorial Team 

YOGYAKARTA Islam was present in Europe in the 8th century and continues to grow to this day. According to The Economist report, about 25 million Muslims live in 28 EU member states and about 50 million across Europe.

This figure is equivalent to 6.7 percent of the total population in Europe, which is estimated at around 742.2 million people. Although the percentage is small, there is a European country with a Muslim population. Which country is meant? Come on, find out the information in the following article.

Compiled from various sources, here are some European countries where the majority of the population is Muslim:

Kosovo is a country located in eastern Europe. This country was only independent on February 17, 2008.

Quoted from the Britannica page, Kosovo does not have an official religion. However, more than nine per ten of its population, including most Albaniaans, are Muslims.

Meanwhile, according to US government data, the total population in Kosovo is estimated to reach 1.9 million people by mid-2021. Based on a census conducted in 2011, 95.6 percent of the total population is Muslim.

Then 2.2 percent Catholic, and the rest Protestants, Jews, and people who are not religious. According to BIK, the majority of Kosovo Muslims adhere to the Hanafi Sunni mazhab, although some are part of the Suki Tarekat community.

Albania is a country located in Southern Europe. The country is directly adjacent to the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Kosovo to the northeast.

Quoting the World Atlas page, Albania is one of the European countries with the majority of its population being Muslim. The percentage of Muslims in Albania is estimated at 80.3 percent in 2016.

This figure is increasing rapidly compared to 2011, where more than half, which is 56.7 percent of Albania’s 2.8 million population are Muslims.

Another Muslim-majority European country is Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to World Population Review data, the number of Muslims in Bosnia is estimated at 1.9 million in mid-2022.

This figure is equivalent to 50.7 percent of the total 3.2 million population of Bosnian-Herzegovina. While the second largest population is the Orthodox Christian population, which is 30.7 percent, followed by Catholics 15.2 percent and other religions.

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