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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Church of Canada | British Columbia | 420,800 | 12.96% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census "; Listed in table as "United Church " |
| Unity Church | British Columbia | - | - | 7 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (viewed 1998) | Counted the churches in their directory. |
| Vipassana Meditation Centers | British Columbia | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Vipassana Meditation "; web page: "Vipassana Meditation Centers in North America " (viewed 13 Feb. 1999) | Centers listed in directory: Massachusetts; California; Texas; Pacific Northwest (Ethel, Wash); British Columbia, Canada |
| Nuxalkmc | British Columbia: Nuxalk Nation | 1,650 | 55.00% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Nuxalk Nation " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). | "The Nuxalk Nation territory is situated within of what is now called The Province of British Columbia. Area: 16.000 km2... The population in the Nuxalk Nation territory is about 3,000 people. 55% are Nuxalkmc. (The name Nuxalkmc means 'People of the Nuxalk Land'). They live in their territory, but many are residing in other communities. The Nation comprises of four main tribes: the Nuxaok, Kwatna, Tallio and the Kimsquit. The Chiefs from each tribe have amalgamated to form the Nuxalk Nation. Organisations: The Nuxalk People are represented in UNPO by House of Smayusta, which is the Longhouse (Government) governed by the Hereditary Chiefs and a Council of Elders. " |
| Anglican | Brunei | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 160,000. Protestants 1.3%. Community 2,000 -- Anglicans 1,000; others (5 groups) 1,000. Evangelicals 0.6%. |
| Buddhism | Brunei | - | 12.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Buddhism | Brunei | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 160,000. Buddhism, etc. 20%, among Chinese. |
| Buddhism | Brunei | 43,066 | 14.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim (official) 63%, Buddhism 14%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs and other 15% (1981); Total population: 307,616 (1997 est.). |
| Catholic | Brunei | 8,000 | 2.86% | 3 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes.; "Islam is the official religion; other religions are allowed with some restrictions. Most of the Catholics are [foreign workers] "; "Brunei Darussalam " |
| Catholic | Brunei | - | 3.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 160,000. Roman Catholics 3%. |
| Christianity | Brunei | - | 3.50% | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 181. | "Brunei, a Malay nation as early as the year 600, is surrounded by Borneo Iban tribesmen, 20 percent of whom were Christian by the early 1980s. It is ruled by a Muslim sultan who permits existing Christian groups (about 3.5 percent of the population) to meet but bans new missionaries. " |
| Christianity | Brunei | 24,609 | 8.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim (official) 63%, Buddhism 14%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs and other 15% (1981); Total population: 307,616 (1997 est.). |
| Evangelical | Brunei | - | 0.60% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 160,000. Protestants 1.3%. Community 2,000 -- Anglicans 1,000; others (5 groups) 1,000. Evangelicals 0.6%. |
| Islam | Brunei | 100,000 | 60.00% | - | - | 1978 | Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984], pg. 164-165. [Original src: Weeks, R. (ed.), "Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey " (1978).] | Table: "Approximate Muslim populations and percentages of total populations " |
| Islam | Brunei | - | 67.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Islam | Brunei | 202,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Islam | Brunei | - | 60.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 160,000. Muslims 60% -- all the Malays and some Tribal people. |
| Islam | Brunei | 193,798 | 63.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim (official) 63%, Buddhism 14%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs and other 15% (1981); Total population: 307,616 (1997 est.). |
| Islam | Brunei | 175,200 | 60.00% | - | - | 1997 | Leibo, Steven A. East, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 86. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Islam | Brunei | - | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "General Information on Brunei Darussalam " (1998) | "Official religion is Islam; minorities of Buddhists, Christians, Confucians and Taoists. The national philosophy, Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB, Malay Muslim Monarchy) fuses Islamic values and Brunei Malay culture. " |
| Islam | Brunei | - | 63.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Muslim Countries of the World " |
| Islam | Brunei | 146,900 | 68.00% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Brunei | 18 | 0.01% | - | - | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984), pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Brunei | 62 | - | - | - | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984), pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Nonreligious | Brunei | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| other | Brunei | 98,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Muslim |
| primal-indigenous | Brunei | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 160,000. Animism 10% among Tribal people. |
| Protestant | Brunei | - | 1.30% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 160,000. Protestants 1.3%. Community 2,000 -- Anglicans 1,000; others (5 groups) 1,000. Evangelicals 0.6%. |
| unknown | Brunei | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% "; Listed as "Unspecified " |
| attendance - weekly | Bulgaria | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "The University of Michigan News and Information Services "; web page: "Study identifies worldwide rates of religiosity, church attendance " (viewed 17 April 1999). "News Release: December 10, 1997 " By Diane Swanbrow. | Table: weekly church attendance in various nations. "Source: Based on latest avail. data from... World Values surveys. Results with an asterisk are from the 1990-1991 survey; all others are from 1995-1997 survey. " |
| Baptist World Alliance | Bulgaria | 3,405 | 0.04% | 38 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals "; [BWA stats. in individual countries are sum of figures for member bodies of BWA in the countries.]; [County population figures for 1998 from United Nations data available here.] |
| Bogomilism | Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | 940 C.E. | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 3). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 303. | "The Bogomils were a religious sect founded in Bulgaria in the 10th century, which during the Middle Ages won many followers in the southern Balkans and Asia minor, and influenced later religious movements in western Europe... According to the most likely account, Bogomilism was founded by a Bulgarian village priest named Bogomil, who preached about the year 940. " |
| Bulgarian Orthodox | Bulgaria | 7,640,735 | 85.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 1990 estimate 8,989,172 [total pop.]. In 1991 Bulgarian Orthodox (85 percent), Muslim (13 percent), Jewish (.8 percent), Roman Catholic (.5 percent). Significant increase in public worship and observance of religious holidays beginning 1990. |
| Bulgarian Orthodox | Bulgaria | 3,000,000 | 33.83% | - | - | 1992 | Shoemaker, M. Wesley. Russia, Eurasian States, and Eastern Europe 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 245. | "The Bulgarian Orthodox Church, which was accorded a special position even under the old regime, has begun to speak out and take a more active role. Its membership is estimated at three million. " |
| Bulgarian Orthodox | Bulgaria | 7,047,340 | 85.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%; Total population: 8,290,988. |
| Catholic | Bulgaria | 44,946 | 0.50% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 1990 estimate 8,989,172 [total pop.]. In 1991 Bulgarian Orthodox (85 percent), Muslim (13 percent), Jewish (.8 percent), Roman Catholic (.5 percent). Significant increase in public worship and observance of religious holidays beginning 1990. |
| Catholic | Bulgaria | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Bulgaria | 60,000 | 0.68% | - | - | 1992 | Shoemaker, M. Wesley. Russia, Eurasian States, and Eastern Europe 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 245. | "There are about 60,000 Roman catholics... " |
| Catholic | Bulgaria | 91,000 | 1.00% | 45 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Bulgaria | 41,455 | 0.50% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%; Total population: 8,290,988. |
| Catholic | Bulgaria | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 9,036,000 |
| Catholic - Uniate | Bulgaria | 16,582 | 0.20% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%; Total population: 8,290,988. |
| Christianity | Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | 865 C.E. | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 3). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 303-304. | "Bulgaria had become officially Christian in the year 865, with the sudden conversion of the Khan Boris. But for the majority of Bulgarians, who up to that time were pagans, the new religion was imposed too swiftly and forcibly to take root. " |
| Christianity | Bulgaria | 7,240,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "mostly Bulgarian Orthodox " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Bulgaria | 700 | - | 9 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Bulgaria | 1,100 | 0.01% | 12 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 267-410. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Eastern Orthodox | Bulgaria | - | 85.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 80. | "The Bulgarians are not known for being a strongly religious people. The major organized religion in Bulgaria is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which over 85% of Bulgarians list as their religion, although many have a limited familiarity with its teachings. Their religious observance is mostly a matter of tradition rather than deeply held personal beliefs. " |
| Eastern Orthodox | Bulgaria | - | 67.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 9,036,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox | Bulgaria | - | 86.60% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Tourism Bulgaria " | The official religion is Eastern Orthodox which is professed by 86.6% of the population. 13.1% of the population profess Islam and 0.3 profess other kinds of religion. |
| Islam | Bulgaria | 900,000 | 11.00% | - | - | 1978 | Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984], pg. 164-165. [Original src: Weeks, R. (ed.), "Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey " (1978).] | Table: "Approximate Muslim populations and percentages of total populations " |
| Islam | Bulgaria | 1,300,000 | 14.00% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* Web site: "Arabic Paper "; web page: "Muslim Countries of the World " (viewed 15 June 1999). [Written 1998.] | [NOTE: Unreliable statistical methodology.] "In 1986... Muslim Education Trust organization [U.K.] obtained... 1971 census & [info. from] Embassies of the respective countires... 1971 census showed the Muslim Minorities countries had around 308 Million Muslim.. "; "...add (784.5M [independent Muslim countries]+ 308M) = 1092.5 Million Muslims in 1971 "; Table shows country, "population " [number of Muslims in the country], & % Muslim. Total adds up to 317,391,000, so these figures are apparently intended to be estimates for 1986. |
| Islam | Bulgaria | 1,168,583 | 13.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 1990 estimate 8,989,172 [total pop.]. In 1991 Bulgarian Orthodox (85 percent), Muslim (13 percent), Jewish (.8 percent), Roman Catholic (.5 percent). Significant increase in public worship and observance of religious holidays beginning 1990. |
| Islam | Bulgaria | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Islam | Bulgaria | 800,000 | 9.02% | - | - | 1992 | Shoemaker, M. Wesley. Russia, Eurasian States, and Eastern Europe 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 245. | "There are about a million ethnic Turks in the country [Bulgaria], about 800,000 of whom are Moslem. " |
| Islam | Bulgaria | 1,090,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "mostly Sunni " |
| Islam | Bulgaria | 1,140,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Burke, Patrick. Eastern Europe. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers (1997), pg. 25. | Graphic: "Muslim Populations, 1992-95 "; Bulgaria: 1,140,000; Hungary: 3,000; Poland: 4,000; Romania: 55,000. |
| Islam | Bulgaria | 1,077,828 | 13.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%; Total population: 8,290,988. |
| Islam | Bulgaria | - | 13.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 80. | "Approximately 13% of Bulgarians are Muslim... " |
| Islam | Bulgaria | - | 14.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 9,036,000 |
| Islam | Bulgaria | - | 13.10% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Tourism Bulgaria " | The official religion is Eastern Orthodox which is professed by 86.6% of the population. 13.1% of the population profess Islam and 0.3 profess other kinds of religion. |
| Islam | Bulgaria | 983,500 | 9.80% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Bulgaria | 916 | 0.01% | 15 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 2,251. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Bulgaria | 996 | 0.01% | 17 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Bulgaria | 2,251 | 0.03% | 15 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Bulgaria | 2,178 | 0.03% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Judaism | Bulgaria | 50,000 | 0.80% | - | - | 1937 | Gilbert, Martin (ed.) The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization: 4,000 Years of Jewish History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1990), pg. 161. | Map: "European Jewry on the Eve of the Holocaust 1937-41 "; "Figures show Jewish populations in 1937 and percentage of total population. " |
| Judaism | Bulgaria | 71,913 | 0.80% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 1990 estimate 8,989,172 [total pop.]. In 1991 Bulgarian Orthodox (85 percent), Muslim (13 percent), Jewish (.8 percent), Roman Catholic (.5 percent). Significant increase in public worship and observance of religious holidays beginning 1990. |
| Judaism | Bulgaria | 66,328 | 0.80% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%; Total population: 8,290,988. |
| Judaism | Bulgaria | 3,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jewish Communities of the World web site (1998) | Table: World Jewry. "collected our data from from demographic and other academic studies, community reports, and up-dates in the general media... consulted with experts to verify findings before reaching our assessments and estimates. " |
| New Covenant Church of God | Bulgaria | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1996 | *LINK* web site (1998): "Information on Latter Day Saint Movement (Restoration Theology) Religions " by David Bowie; "Quoting from a letter on New Covenant Church of God stationery from Christopher C. Warren, Presiding Patriarch, dated 21 January 1996 " | "The New Covenant Church of God/Guds Nye Pakts Kirke... The Church does not publish membership statistics. There are four congregations in Norway, one in the Ukraine, and one in Bulgaria. " |
| Nonreligious | Bulgaria | - | 65.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Nonreligious | Bulgaria | - | 17.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 9,036,000 |
| other | Bulgaria | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Christian or Muslim |
| other | Bulgaria | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Tourism Bulgaria " | other = NOT Eastern Orthodox or Muslim. "The official religion is Eastern Orthodox which is professed by 86.6% of the population. 13.1% of the population profess Islam and 0.3 profess other kinds of religion. " |
| paganism | Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | 865 C.E. | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 3). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 303-304. | "Bulgaria had become officially Christian in the year 865, with the sudden conversion of the Khan Boris. But for the majority of Bulgarians, who up to that time were pagans, the new religion was imposed too swiftly and forcibly to take root. From the beginning the Bulgarian Orthodox Church had to combat both the older pagan cults and various Christian heresies brought to the Balkans by settlers from Asia. " |
