Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute press release "Ethno-cultural characteristics of the population as of September 7, 2021," published December 21, 2022, reporting religious self-identification from the 2021 national census, including 4,091,780 Eastern Orthodox Christians.
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The National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria's own press release on the 2021 national census's religious self-identification results, published December 2022, the top tier reflecting an official government statistical return drawing on a full national census rather than a survey sample. Cite it for the reported figures themselves; interpreting why respondents chose a given category needs a separate sociological source. NotesA primary official statistical return from Bulgaria's national census authority, the strongest available basis for a national religious count. The census itself asked religious affiliation as an optional, self-declared question, so the figure is self-identification captured through a national census rather than an independent survey sample.
Citation
PublisherNational Statistical Institute of Bulgaria
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://www.nsi.bg/en/press-release/ethno-cultural-characteristics-of-the-population-as-of-september-7-2021-6833
Source TypeOfficial statistical return
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