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Religion in North Macedonia

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Religion in North Macedonia

  Orthodox Christianity (63%)
  Islam (36%)
  Other Christianities and religions (1%)
A church in Radoviš

The Orthodox Church today is the main religion of North Macedonia. About 63% of the population of North Macedonia are Orthodox Christians.

Islam is the second religious group with one-fourth of the total population of Macedonia or 33.33% of the total population, with most of Albanian and Turkish people, along with the minority of the Macedonian people. There are higher estimates that says at least 36% of the population are Muslims.

By 2020, Orthodox Christianity will fall about 53.7%, Muslims will increase to 43.6%, and other Christian domination will be 1%, Irreligious will be 1.3%, and other religions will make 0.4%.