Bosniaks of Croatia

Bosniaks of Croatia
Bošnjaci u Hrvatskoj
Bosniak National Minority Council in Dubrovnik
Total population
24,131 (2021)
Languages
Bosnian and Croatian
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Slavic peoples, especially South Slavs

Bosniaks of Croatia (Bosnian and Croatian: Bošnjaci u Hrvatskoj) are one of the ethnic minorities of the Republic of Croatia. According to the 2021 Croatian census, there were 24,131 Bosniaks, or 0.62% of the total population, making them the third largest ethnic group in the country after Croats and Serbs.

Bosniaks are officially recognized as an autochthonous national minority, and as such, they elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament, shared with members of four other national minorities. Most Bosniaks live in the capital Zagreb (8,119), Istria County (6,146) and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (4,877). There is a Bosniak community in Maljevac, hence the mosque in the village.

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