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Albanian Americans (Albanian: shqiptaro-amerikanët) are Americans of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in the United States. They trace their ancestry to the territories with a large Albanian population in the Balkans and southern Europe, including Albania, Italy, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro.
Apr 10, 2018 · According to Albania's 2011 census, 58.79% of the population are Muslim, while Christians account for 16.92% of the population. Atheists and non-affiliated believers make up 2.5% and 5.49% of the population, respectively. 13.79% of the population preferred not to answer the question in the census related to religion.
- Oishimaya Sen Nag
About 70 percent are Muslim, equally divided between the Sunni and more liberal Bektashi sects; the remainder are Orthodox Christians. In 1967 the government of Albania outlawed religion; making that country officially the only atheist state in the world.
Figure 2: Distribution of first generation Albanian-Americans by year of immigration in the USA The second generation Albanian-Americans is composed of immigrants to the USA before and after World War II. The early Albanian-American immigrants came to the USA as guest workers in the late 19th century (Nagi, 1988, p.35).
Jun 2, 2022 · According to Boston University’s 2020 World Religion Database, there are approximately 1.71 million Muslims (59 percent of the population), 1.01 million Christians (38 percent), 73,000 atheists or agnostics (2.5 percent), and 16,000 Baha’is. The World Jewish Congress estimates there are 40-50 Jews. Section II.
Today, Gallup Global Reports 2010 shows that religion plays a role in the lives of only 39% of Albanians, and ranks Albania the thirteenth least religious country in the world. [335] For part of its history, Albania has also had a Jewish community .
Sep 14, 2012 · The remaining 30 percent of Albanians are typically counted as 20 percent Orthodox Christians and 10 percent Roman Catholics, with the former concentrated in southern Albania and the latter in...
