In the Bulgarian census of 2011, a total of 48,945 people declared themselves to be Roman Catholics, up from 43,811 in the previous census of 2001 though down as compared to 53,074 in 1992. The vast majority of the Catholics in Bulgaria in 2001 were ethnic Bulgarians and the rest belonged to a number of other ethnic groups such as Croatians, Italians, Arabs and Germans. Bulgarian Catholics live predominantly in the regions of Svishtov and Plovdiv and are mostly descendants of the heretical Christian sect of the Paulicians, which converted to Roman Catholicism in the 16th and 17th centuries. The largest Roman Catholic Bulgarian town is Rakovski in Plovdiv Province. Ethnic Bulgarian Roman Catholics known as the Banat Bulgarians also inhabit the Central European region of the Banat. Their number is unofficially estimated at about 12,000, although Romanian censuses count only 6,500 Banat Bulgarians in the Romanian part of the region. Bulgarian Catholics are descendants of three groups. The first were converted Paulicians from the course of the Osam river  and around Plovdiv are the second  group, while the third  one is formed by more recent Eastern Orthodox converts.

Question: How many less Roman Catholics were there in 2011 compared to 1992?
Answer: 4129

Question: Were there more Catholics in 2001 or 2011?
Answer: 2011, a total, of 48,945

Question: How many years was it between censuses?
Answer: 10

Question: How many other ethnic groups were also Catholics?
Answer: 4

Question: How many fewer people identified as Roman Catholics in 2011 than in 1992?
Answer: 4129

Question: How many more people identified themselves as Roman Catholics in 1992 than in 2001?
Answer: 9263

Question: How many years pass between each census?
Answer: 10

Question: How many more people declared themselves to be Roman Catholics in the Bulgarian census of 2011 then in the previous census of 2001?
Answer: 5134

Question: How many years were between the Bulgarian census of 1992 and the Bulgarian census that followed it with 43,811 people declaring themselves to be Roman Catholics?
Answer: 9

Question: The first group of Bulgarian Catholics were descendants of which group, Eastern Orthodox converts or Paulicans of the Osam river?
Answer: Paulicians, of the Osam river

Question: Which year had the most people declare themselves Roman Catholics?
Answer: 1992

Question: Which year had the least people declare themselves Roman Catholics?
Answer: 2001

Question: How many more Roman Catholics were in the 2011 census than the 2001 census?
Answer: 5134

Question: How many more Banat Bulgarians were there estimated to be than what was officially counted in the Romanian census??
Answer: 5500

Question: Were there more Roman Catholics in Bulgaria in 1992 or 2001?
Answer: 1992

Question: How many people did the Bulgarian Roman Catholic population increase by from 2001 to 2011?
Answer: 5134

Question: How many people did the Bulgarian Catholic population decrease by from 1992 to 2011?
Answer: 4129

Question: Which was greater, the decrease in the Bulgarian Catholic population from 1992 to 2001 or the increase from 2001 to 2011?
Answer: the decrease

Question: Which year had the least Roman Catholics, 2011, 2001 or 1992?
Answer: 2001

Question: How many fewer people were Roman Catholic in 2011 compared with 1992?
Answer: 4129

Question: How many more Roman Catholics were there in 1992 compared with 2001?
Answer: 9263

Question: How many less people declared themselves  to be Roman Catholics in 2011 from 1992?
Answer: 4129

Question: Which year had more Bulgarians declared themselves as Roman Catholics, 2011 or 2001?
Answer: 2011