Roma of Croatia

Roma Of Croatia

Roma are an ethnic group in Croatia for more than 600 years and they are concentrated mostly in the northern regions of the country. The 2011 Croatian census found 16,675 Roma in Croatia or 0.4% of the population. In 2001, more than half of the Roma population was located in the Međimurje County and the City of Zagreb. Various estimates place the actual Roma population at 30,000-40,000, with some up to 60,000. A considerable number of Roma refugees in Croatia from the ethnic conflict in Bosnia.

In the 2011 census, the largest religious groups among the Roma were Catholics (8,299 or 49.77% of them), Muslims (5,039 or 30.22% of them) and Eastern Orthodoxy (2,381 or 14.02% of them).

There are more than 120 Roma minority NGO's in Croatia. One of the most prominent is Croatian Roma Union.