South Eastern Europe: A Regional Profile

• 12 Countries and territories
  

• 612.614 square km (slightly bigger than the Iberian peninsula)
  

• 66,5 Million People
  

• 7 Ethnic Majorities
  

• 12 Major Ethnic Groups (Albanians, Bosnians, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks,

• Hungarians, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Roma, Romanians, Serbs, Turks)
  

• At Least 22 Ethnic Minorities (1% or more of population in a country)
  

Statistics from the World Banks Regional Strategy Paper and the CIA World Factbook 1999