The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,346 people (2002 census).

Glušci was the scene of fierce fighting between the armies of Serbia and Austria-Hungary during the First World War.

However, the Serbian Army stopped their advance by 7 September, using a diagonal line of multiple trenches running through Glušci and neighboring Uzveće.

The invasion ended ten days later with an Austrian foothold in the Mačva with the frontlines unchanged.

However, the results of the Battle of Kolubara were decisive for the Serbian Army, causing the Austrians to evacuate all of Serbia, including the Mačva, by the middle of December 1914.