TIRANA, June 28 /ATA/ INSTAT on Friday published the 2023 Population and Housing Census, which provides data on religious faith.
Referring to the statistics of 2,402,113 residents registered in the country, 1,101,718 residents declared that they belong to the Muslim faith and 115,644 belong to the Bektashi faith.
The data show that 201,530 people belong to the Catholic Christian faith and 173,645 people belong to the Orthodox faith.
9,658 people declared themselves evangelical Christians, while 3,670 people declared other religious beliefs.
The data also show that 332,155 people did not specify their religious faith and another 85,311 declared themselves atheists.
244,331 people chose the “I prefer not to answer” option, while no information is available for 134,451 people.
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