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Religion Stats: compare key data on Bulgaria & Russia

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STAT Bulgaria Russia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 10
Ranked 82nd.
99
Ranked 29th. 10 times more than Bulgaria
Christian > Mormon > Members 2,296
Ranked 80th.
21,709
Ranked 33th. 9 times more than Bulgaria
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 75.9
Ranked 8th. 85% more than Russia
41
Ranked 13th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 5.59 million
Ranked 8th.
58.19 million
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Bulgaria
Islam > Percentage Muslim 12.2%
Ranked 73th.
15%
Ranked 68th. 23% more than Bulgaria
Jehovahs Witnesses 1,500
Ranked 117th.
142,439
Ranked 9th. 95 times more than Bulgaria
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 13.4%
Ranked 67th. 15% more than Russia
11.7%
Ranked 72nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 1 million
Ranked 70th.
16.38 million
Ranked 21st. 16 times more than Bulgaria
Religions Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%; <i>note:</i> estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Religions > All Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census) Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 33.5%
Ranked 123th. 2% more than Russia
33%
Ranked 127th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 62%
Ranked 17th. 2% more than Russia
60.5%
Ranked 19th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 7,757
Ranked 86th.
58,299
Ranked 42nd. 8 times more than Bulgaria
State religion > Church Bulgarian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.997
Ranked 102nd. 2 times more than Russia
0.405
Ranked 121st.
Jews 3,000
Ranked 48th.
550,000
Ranked 4th. 183 times more than Bulgaria
Religious diversity score 0.597
Ranked 65th. 36% more than Russia
0.44
Ranked 114th.
State religion > Denomination Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.191
Ranked 133th.
0.98
Ranked 111th. 5 times more than Bulgaria
Jews per 1000 0.363
Ranked 51st.
3.74
Ranked 18th. 10 times more than Bulgaria
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 2.02
Ranked 9th.
38.52
Ranked 1st. 19 times more than Bulgaria
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.701
Ranked 15th. 9% more than Russia
0.641
Ranked 1st.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 5,150
Ranked 16th.
91,690
Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Bulgaria
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1946 1917
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 128
Ranked 11th.
2,047
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Bulgaria
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 17.42
Ranked 12th. 22% more than Russia
14.3
Ranked 1st.
State religion > Disestablishment date 1946 1917

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; Wikipedia: Importance of religion by country (Countries); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; Wikipedia: List of countries ranked by ethnic and cultural diversity level (Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization) (Natalka Patsiurko, John L. Campbell and John A. Hall (2012). "Measuring cultural diversity: ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization in the OECD" . Ethnic and Racial Studies 35 (2): 195–217 . Retrieved September 13, 2012 .); watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics; Wikipedia: State religion

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