Number of Believers and Distribution
According to 2002 census, there were 239,658 Muslims in Serbia (3.2% of total population; not counting the territory of Kosovo). Largest concentration of Muslims in Serbia could be found in the municipalities of Novi Pazar, Tutin and Sjenica in Sandžak, and in the municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac in the Preševo Valley.
| census 1921 | census 1991 | census 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Muslims | 97,672 | 2.23 | 224,120 | 2.89 | 239,658 | 3.2 |
| Total country population | 4,378,595 | 100 | 7,759,571 | 100 | 7,498,001 | 100 |
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