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The dominant religion in Slovenia is Christianity, primarily the Catholic Church, which is the largest Christian denomination in the country. Other Christian groups having significant followings in the country include Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism ( Lutheranism ).
Population of Slovenia by ethnic group, 1948–2002 1; Ethnic group ... The distribution of the residents of Slovenia by religion is the following: Roman Catholic 57. ...
The project had faced administrative hurdles and was a political risk in a majority Roman Catholic country. It also faced a possible referendum on the matter in 2004 with 12,000 signatures for it; however, the Constitutional Court of Slovenia rejected the petition on the grounds of freedom of religion. It was also controversial due to the ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
A sizable minority of Slovenes are non-religious or atheists, [104] according to the published data from the 2002 Slovenian census, out of a total of 47,488 Muslims (who represent 2.4% of the total population), 2,804 Muslims (who in turn represent 5.9% of the total Muslims in Slovenia) declared themselves as Slovenian Muslims. [47]
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
The Vatican has decided to shut down a Slovenian-based female religious community founded by a controversial ex-Jesuit artist accused by some women of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuses.
Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, [16] covers 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi), [17] and has a population of approximately 2.1 million. [18] Slovene is the official language. [19] Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, [20] with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps.