Population By Religious Confession
As per the 2011 census:
- Roman Catholics - 77.2% (2,350,000 people)
- Orthodox Believers - 4% (141,821)
- Old Believers - 0.77% (27,073)
- Evangelicals - 0.56% (19,637)
- Evangelical Reformed - 0.2% (7,082)
- Jehovah's Witnesses - 0.1% (3,512)
- Sunni Muslims - 0.08% (2,860)
- Gospel Churches - 0.06% (2,207)
- Pentecostal Church - 0.04% (1,307)
- Jews - 0.04% (1,272)
- Balts Believers - 0.04% (1,270)
- Baptists (and other independent churches) - 0.04% (1,249)
- Other believers - 0.135% (4,701)
- No religion - 9.5% (331,087)
- Not indicated - 5.4% (186,447) (2001 census)
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