Religion & community impact
🇧🇬 Bulgaria — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
85.7% → 81%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -4.7%
13.5% → 14.2%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +0.7%
0.6% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.4%
0.2% → 4.7%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +4.5%
0% → 4%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +4.0%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 85.7% | 13.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0% |
| 1950 | 83.6% | 11.1% | 0.2% | 5.1% | 0% |
| 1955 | 79.9% | 10.1% | 0.1% | 9.9% | 0% |
| 1960 | 76.4% | 9.1% | 0.1% | 14.4% | 0% |
| 1965 | 71.4% | 10.1% | 0.1% | 18.4% | 0.1% |
| 1970 | 70.6% | 11% | 0.1% | 18.1% | 0.2% |
| 1975 | 72.3% | 12% | 0.1% | 15.2% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 75.8% | 13% | 0.1% | 11% | 0.2% |
| 1985 | 72.8% | 12.6% | 0.1% | 13.3% | 1.3% |
| 1990 | 76.6% | 12.4% | 0.1% | 10.1% | 1% |
| 1995 | 78.9% | 13% | 0.1% | 7.4% | 0.6% |
| 2000 | 83.6% | 12.2% | 0.1% | 4% | 0.3% |
| 2005 | 82.7% | 12.7% | 0% | 4.4% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 82.1% | 13.7% | 1% | 4.2% | 4% |
| 2020 | 81% | 14.2% | 1% | 4.7% | 4% |
Figures are real national estimates from the Correlates of War World Religion Project. Green up arrows mark a rising share, red down arrows a falling share. The page shows recorded self-identification, not attendance.