The article below represents the fi rst statistical analysis of the evolution
of religious congregations in Romania over a long lasting period. To realize
this, offi cial statistical data, obtained from the results of demographic records
over 150 years of national statistics, has been used. The aim of the author is
to offer specialty readers not only a general overview of the structure of the
religious congregations on the Romanian territory and the respective changes
occurred due to the historical environment.
This paperwork is part of the study entitled „Representative statistical
data regarding the historical past of socio-economical evolution in Romania
at different stages”, a project that takes into account valuable information
registered in the National Statistics Institute’s archives.