NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS ROMANIA «La statistique [est la] science de l État» Michel Foucault WHAT does the 211 Census tell us about RELIGION? - October 213 -
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What does the 211 Census tell us about RELIGION? - methodological note - Religion is one of the most important factors in defining the identity of a nation. Collecting information on religious affiliation, in addition to data on ethnicity and mother tongue, makes the general picture of the society we live in complete. In accordance with the law, these indicators were measured only for the persons interviewed during the Population and Housing Census conducted in October 211. Religious affiliation was measured by aggregating the answers obtained (based on the freely given declaration of the persons interviewed) in response to the question: What religion does the person consider he/she belongs to? For the 211 Population and Housing Census, the calculation method to determine the weight of each cult involved the deduction of the population recorded under the unavailable information item from the total stable population. The flyer focuses on the confessional structure resulting from the 211 Census. This structure was compared to the results of the previous three Romanian Censuses that contained relevant information on religious affiliation, namely those conducted in 22, 1992 and 193. Definitions of the indicators used: W(65+) = the weight of elderly persons (aged 65 years or more) in the total number of persons pertaining to each religious cult. W(<15) = the weight of the persons who, at the Census reference moment, had not turned 15 years in the total number of persons belonging to each religious cult. AA = the average age of the persons belonging to each religious cult, which is calculated as an arithmetic mean of the ranges medians weighted by the number of persons of the concerned age.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION ACCORDING TO THE 193 CENSUS RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION ACCORDING TO THE 211 CENSUS No. of persons No. of persons Eastern Orthodox Greek-Catholic Roman Catholic Calvinist Reformed Evangelical Lutheran Unitarian Gregorian Catholic Lipovan Adventist Baptist Mosaic Mohammedan Other religious affiliation and denomination No religious affiliation, freethinker Not declared 13,18,227 1,427,391 1,234,151 71,76 398,759 69,257 (.38%) 1,5 (.6%) 1,44 (.1%) 57,288 (.32%) 16,12 (.9%) 6,562 (.34%) 756,93 185,486 7,434 (.4%) 6,64 (.4%) 6,686 (.4%) (2.21%) (1.3%) (3.94%) (4.19%) (7.9%) (6.83%) (72.59%) %.5% 1% 2% 5% 8% 7% 8% Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Reformed Pentecostal Greek-Catholic Baptist Seventh-day Adventist Muslim Unitarian Evangelical Christian Jehovah s Witnesses Old-Rite Christian Evangelical Lutheran Evangelical of A.C. Serbian Orthodox Romanian Evangelical Mosaic Other religious affiliation No religious affiliation Atheist 16,37, 4 87,774 (4.62%) 6,932 (3.19%) 362,314 (1.92%) 15,593 (.8%) 112,85 (.6%) 8,944 (.43%) 64,337 (.34%) 57,686 (.31%) 42,495 (.23%) 49,82 (.26%) 32,558 (.17%) 2,168 (.11%) 5,399 (.3%) 14,385 (.8%) 15,514 (.8%) 3,519 (.2%) 393 (.26%) 3,557 (.16%) 18,917 (.1%) 2,743 (.11%).5% 1.% 2.5% 5.% 8% (86.45%) 1%
The evolution of the number of believers according to the Population Censuses of 1992, 22 and 211 1992 22 211 Total population 2121641* W(<15) W(65+) AA enumerated 228135 2168974 1886192 15,9% 16,1% 4,6 % % % % % years Eastern Orthodox 86.81 86.79 86.45 14.7 16.6 41.3 Roman Catholic 5.9 4.73 4.62 15.2 16.9 41. Reformed 3.52 3.23 3.19 13.4 19. 42.8 Pentecostal.97 1.5 1.92 29.9 1.3 31.7 Greek-Catholic.98.88.8 12.9 27.7 46.9 Baptist.48.58.6 16.2 2.2 42.2 Seventh-day Adventist.34.43.43 15.8 22.5 43.1 Muslim.25.31.34 21.1 9.7 35.4 Unitarian.34.31.31 13.1 2.7 43.7 Evangelical Christian.22.21.23 21.9 16.1 37.5 Jehovah s Witnesses - -.26 11.6 22.9 45.4 Old-Rite Christian.12.18.17 15.2 17. 41.8 Evangelical Lutheran.11.13.11 11.1 26.7 47.3 Evangelical of A.C..17.4.3 11.3 29.1 47.6 Serbian Orthodox - -.8 9.5 24.7 47.6 Romanian Evangelical -.8.8 15.9 21.1 42.1 Mosaic.4.3.2 5.5 45.4 58.6 Other religious affiliation.25.41.16 16.9 12.9 37.8 - -.2 9.7 27. 48.3 No religious affiliation.11.6.1 23.4 7.6 32.8 Atheist.5.4.11 3.5 9.3 4. * The stable population (recorded in the P forms + the population indirectly collected from administrative sources).
The number of believers in Romania according to the Population Censuses of 1992, 22 and 211 Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Reformed Pentecostal 19,82,389 2,, 18,817,975 16,37,4 15,, 1,, 5,, 1,2, 9, 6, 3, 1,161,942 1,26,429 87,774 9, 6, 3, 82,454 71,77 6,932 4, 3, 2, 1, 362,314 324,462 22,824 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 Greek-Catholic Baptist Seventh-day Adventist Muslim 25, 223,327 2, 191,556 15,593 15, 1, 5, 15, 1, 5, 126,639 19,462 112,85 1, 75, 5, 25, 77,546 93,67 8,944 8, 6, 4, 2, 55,928 67,257 64,337 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 Unitarian Evangelical Christian Old-Rite Christian Evangelical Lutheran 8, 6, 4, 2, 76,78 66,944 57,686 6, 4, 2, 49,963 44,476 42,495 4, 3, 2, 1, 28,141 38,147 32,558 3, 2, 1, 21,221 27,112 2,168 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 1992 22 211 Evangelical of A.C. 4, 39,119 3, 2, 1, 8,716 5,399 1992 22 211 Mosaic 1, 9,67 8, 6,57 6, 4, 3,519 2, 1992 22 211 Jehovah s Witnesses Serbian Orthodox Number of persons 22 Romanian Evangelical { 211 211 211 211 393 15,514 49,82 14,385 18,178 1, 2, 5, Other religious affiliation No religious affiliation Atheist 1, 8, 6, 4, 2, 89,196 56,329 3,557 1992 22 211 3, 2, 1, 24,314 18,917 12,825 1992 22 211 3, 2, 1, 2,743 1,331 8,524 1992 22 211 Results of the 1992 Census Results of the 22 Census Results of the 211 Census