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===Religion=== {{Main|Religion in Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church}} [[File:Hram svetog save beograd 0005.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Church of Saint Sava|Saint Sava Cathedral]] in [[Belgrade]] is one of the [[List of largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings|largest Orthodox churches]] in the world<ref>{{cite book|author1=J. Gordon Melton|first2=Martin|last2=Baumann|title=Religions of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA511|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-204-3|pages=511–12|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>]] The Constitution of Serbia defines it as a [[secular state]] with guaranteed religious freedom. Orthodox Christians with 6,079,396 comprise 84.5% of country's population. The Serbian Orthodox Church is the largest and traditional church of the country, adherents of which are overwhelmingly Serbs. Other Orthodox Christian communities in Serbia include Montenegrins, Romanians, Vlachs, [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]] and [[Bulgarians]]. In 2011, [[Roman Catholicism in Serbia|Roman Catholics]] numbered 356,957 in Serbia, or roughly 6% of the population, mostly in northern Vojvodina which is home to ethnic minority groups such as Hungarians, Croats, and [[Bunjevci]], as well as to some Slovaks and Czechs.<ref name="popis2011.stat.rs">{{cite web |url=http://popis2011.stat.rs/?page_id=1221 |title=Становништво, домаћинства и породице – база : Попис у Србији 2011 |publisher=Popis2011.stat.rs |access-date=5 October 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213146/http://popis2011.stat.rs/?page_id=1221 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur|Greek Catholic Church]] is adhered by around 25,000 citizens (0.37% of the population), mostly [[Pannonian Rusyns|Rusyns]] in Vojvodina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zumberacki-vikarijat.com/grkokatolici-u-vojvodini-istocni-dio-nekadasnje-grkokatolicke-slavonske-eparhije/|title=GRKOKATOLICI U VOJVODINI|publisher=Žumberacki Vikarijat|date=August 2014|access-date=18 August 2014|archive-date=29 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429233833/https://www.zumberacki-vikarijat.com/grkokatolici-u-vojvodini-istocni-dio-nekadasnje-grkokatolicke-slavonske-eparhije/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Protestantism]] accounts for 0.8% of the country's population,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Evropa |first=Radio Slobodna |date=16 June 2023 |title=Objavljeni rezultati popisa o maternjem jeziku i veroispovesti u Srbiji |url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/popis-srbija-veroispovest-maternji-jezik/32462211.html |access-date=16 September 2024 |work=Radio Slobodna Evropa |language=sh}}</ref> chiefly [[Lutheranism]] among [[Slovaks in Vojvodina]] as well as [[Calvinism]] among [[Reformed Church in Hungary|Reformed Hungarians]]. [[Muslims]], with 222,282 or 3% of the population, form the third largest religious group. Islam has a strong historic following in the southern regions of Serbia, primarily in southern Raška. [[Bosniaks]] are the largest Islamic community in Serbia, followed by [[Albanians]]; estimates are that around a third of the country's Roma people are Muslim.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} In 2011, there were only 578 [[Jews in Serbia]],<ref name="ReferenceA" /> compared to over 30,000 prior to World War II. [[Atheists]] numbered 80,053, or 1.1% of the population, and an additional 4,070 declared themselves to be [[agnostic]]s.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga4_Veroispovest.pdf |title=Municipality data |website=pod2.stat.gov.rs |publisher=PBC |access-date=20 October 2013 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715000726/http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga4_Veroispovest.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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