Distribution
The results of the Bulgarian census of 2011, in which the indication of answer regarding the question for confession was optional, are as follows:
| Group | Population | Perc. of answered | Perc. of population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthodoxy | 4,374,135 | 76.0% | 59.4% |
| Undeclared | 1,606,269 | - | 21.8% |
| Atheism | 682,162 | 11.8% | 9.3% |
| Islam | 577,139 | 10.0% | 7.8% |
| Protestantism | 64,476 | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Roman Catholicism | 48,945 | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Oriental Orthodoxy | 1,715 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jews | 706 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Others | 9,023 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Figure of percentage | - | 5,758,301 | 7,364,570 |
The results of the Bulgarian census of 2001 by ethnic groups, the latest census in which the indication of identification(whether by confession or as irreligious) in the question for confession was obligatory, are as follows:
| Ethnic groups by confession |
Total | Bulgarians | Turks | Romani | Others | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Orthodoxy | 6,552,751 | 82.6 | 6,315,938 | 94.9 | 5,425 | 0.7 | 180,326 | 48.6 | 51,062 | |
| Islam | 966,978 | 12.2 | 131,531 | 2.0 | 713,024 | 95.5 | 103,436 | 27.9 | 18,987 | |
| Irreligion | 308,116 | 3.9 | 151,008 | 2.3 | 23,146 | 3.1 | 59,669 | 16.1 | ||
| Roman Catholicism | 43,811 | 0.6 | 37,811 | 0.6 | 2,561 | 0.3 | ||||
| Protestantism | 42,308 | 0.5 | 14,591 | 0.2 | 2,066 | 0.3 | 24,651 | 6.6 | 1,000 | |
| Others | 14,937 | 0.2 | 4,331 | 0.1 | 442 | 0.1 | ||||
| Total population | 7,928,901 | 100.0 | 6,655,210 | 100.0 | 746,664 | 100.0 | 370,908 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
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