1   Members of religious1 and philosophical2 communities outside the Church of Norway. 1971-2000. Numbers and per cent
  Members3 Per cent
  1971 1980 1990 1998 1999 2000 1971 1998 1999 2000
Members in registered religious communities, total 111 263 128 184 185 735 233 264 238 354 254 854 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0
Pentecostal congregations 35 874 42 518 43 471 43 768 44 094 45 006 32,2 18,8 18,5 17,7
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway 18 984 19 357 20 360 20 804 20 899 21 163 17,1 8,9 8,8 8,3
The Roman Catholic Church 9 366 13 923 26 580 37 894 40 203 42 598 8,4 16,2 16,9 16,7
The methodist church of Norway 17 622 17 120 15 447 13 518 13 204 13 130 15,8 5,8 5,5 5,1
Jehovahs Witness .. .. 14 749 15 113 15 083 15 055 .. 6,5 6,3 5,9
The Norwegian Baptist Union 11 880 12 098 11 836 10 503 10 404 10 352 10,7 4,5 4,4 4,1
Islam .. 1 006 19 189 40 780 45 145 49 633 .. 17,5 18,9 19,5
Church of Norway Mission Covenant 3 804 5 510 7 416 8 311 8 182 8 309 3,4 3,6 3,4 3,3
Adventists 6 090 6 595 6 631 6 188 6 096 5 998 5,5 2,7 2,6 2,4
The Evangelical Lutheran Church community 3 618 3 744 3 510 3 471 3 455 3 438 3,3 1,5 1,4 1,3
The Anglican Church in Norway .. 1 379 1 865 1 484 1 576 1 588 .. 0,6 0,7 0,6
Gods Congregation 1 519 1 452 1 393 1 020 1 116 1 051 1,4 0,4 0,5 0,4
Orthodox Jews 855 915 1 000 1 047 1 041 1 015 0,8 0,4 0,4 0,4
Christian Centres .. .. 619 3 278 3 170 3 222 .. 1,4 1,3 1,3
Buddhist Federation .. .. 3 012 6 324 6 779 7 031 .. 2,7 2,8 2,8
The Christian Community .. .. 1 389 1 979 2 003 2 172 .. 0,9 0,8 0,9
Greek Orthodox Church .. .. 1 222 1 812 1 915 2 315 .. 0,8 0,8 0,9
Sikh .. .. 1 078 455 158 1 772 .. 0,2 0,1 0,7
Hindu .. .. .. 864 293 1 303 .. 0,4 0,1 0,5
Other registered religious communities 1 651 2 567 4 968 14 651 13 538 18 703 1,5 6,2 5,7 7,3
Members in unregistered religious communities, total .. .. 11 910 27 098 29 353 31 757 .. 100,0 100,0 100,0
Free Evangelical Congregations .. .. 2 054 3 373 3 605 3 702 .. 12,4 12,3 11,7
Pentecostal congregations .. .. 1 721 1 209 1 224 1 193 .. 4,5 4,2 3,8
Islam .. .. .. 5 854 6 048 6 825 .. 21,6 20,6 21,5
Other unregistered religious communities .. .. 8 135 16 662 18 476 20 037 .. 61,5 62,9 63,1
Members in philosopical communities, total .. .. 49 428 69 894 68 253 67 950 .. 100,0 100,0 100,0
Human Ethical Union .. .. 49 428 69 894 68 253 67 950 .. 100,0 100,0 100,0
1  Includes registered and unregistered religious communities/congregations having central government subsidies for 2000 pursuant to the religious community Act of 13 June 1969.
2  Philosophical communities having central government subsidies for 1998, pursuant to the Act of 12 June 1981 about subsidies to philosophical communities. With effect from 1985, children under the age of 15 are included.
3  Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
Source: Statistics Norway.

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