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 ALBANIA
Population 3.5 million
Ethnicity: Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, Others 2% (Vlachs,
Gypsies, Serbs, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Bulgarians).
Languages: Albanian, minority ethnic languages
Religions: Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic
10%
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland
 AUSTRIA
Population: 8,210,281 (July 2009 est.)
Ethnicity: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes
Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other
or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
Languages: German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%,
Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene,
official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001
census)
Religions: Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim
4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maine
 BOSNIA
HERZEGOVINA
Population: 4,590,310 (July 2008 est.)
Ethnic groups: Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other
0.6% (2000)
note: Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part
to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an
adherent of Islam
Religions: Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%,
other 14%
 BULGARIA
Population 7.5 million
Ethnicity: Bulgarian 83,6%, Turkish 9,5%, Roma 4,6%, Other
1,5%
Languages: Bulgarian, minority ethnic languages
Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 84%, Muslim 12%, Jewish 1%,
Catholic, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Tennessee
 CROATIA
Population 4.4 million
Ethnicity: Croat (78%); Serb (12%); Bosniak (1%); others
(9%) (1991)
Languages: Croatian, other minority ethnic languages
Religions: Roman Catholic (77%); Orthodox (11%); Muslim (1%)
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than West Virginia
 CYPRUS
Population 0.7 million
Ethnicity: Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, other 5% (2001)
Languages: Greek, Turkish, English
Religions: Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite,
Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%
Area – comparative: about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut
 GREECE
Population 10.7 million
Ethnicity: Greek 98%, other 2%
Languages: Greek 99% (official), English, French
Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Alabama
 HUNGARY
Population: 9,905,596 (July 2009 est.)
Ethnicity: Hungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001 census)
Languages: Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
Religions: Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic
2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001
census)
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Indiana
 MACEDONIA
/ The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Population 2.1 million
Ethnicity: Macedonian 66.6%, Albanian 22.7%, Turkish 4%,
Roma 2.2%, Serb 2.1%, other 2.4% (1994 est.)
Languages: Macedonian 70%, Albanian 21%, Turkish 3%,
Serbo-Croatian 3%
Religions: Eastern Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Vermont
 MOLDOVA
Population: 4,320,748
Ethnicity: Moldovan/Romanian 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian
5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3% (2004 census)
Languages: Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the
Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
Religions: Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and
other 0.5% (2000)
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Maryland
 MONTENEGRO
Population 0.6 million
Capital: Podgorica
Ethnicities: Montenegrin 43%, Serbian 32%, Bosniak 8%,
Albanian 5%, other (Muslims, Croats, Roma (Gypsy)) 12%
Languages: Serbian (official; Ijekavian dialect), Bosnian,
Albanian, Croatian
Religions: Eastern Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic
Area – comparative: slightly smaller than Connecticut
 ROMANIA
Population 22.2 million
Ethnicity: Romanian (89%); Hungarian (7%); Roma (2%); German
(>1%)
Languages: Romanian, minority ethnic languages
Religions: Christianity (87%); Roman Catholic (5%);
Protestant; Muslims; Jews
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Oregon
 SERBIA
Population 9.4 million
Capital: Belgrade
Ethnicities: Serb 66%, Albanian 17%, Hungarian 3.5%, other
13.5% (1991)
Languages: Serbian (official); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak,
Ukrainian, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina);
Albanian (official in Kosovo)
Religions: Serbian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic
4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%
Area - comparative: slightly larger than South Carolina
 SLOVENIA
Population 2 million
Ethnicity: Slovene 92%, Croat 1%, Serb 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%,
Bosniak 0.3%, other 5.8%
Languages: Slovenian 92%, Serbo-Croatian 6.2%, other 1.8%
Religions: Roman Catholic (Uniate 2%) 70.8%, Lutheran 1%,
Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9%
Area – comparative: slightly smaller than New Jersey
 TURKEY
Population 67.8 million
Ethnicity: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%
Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian,
Greek
Religions: Muslim 99.8% (% 75 - 80 Sunni, % 15 - 20 Alevi,
%5 other Muslim sects or groups), other 0.2% (Christian and
Jews)
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Texas
TOTAL POPULATION: 135.6 million
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