Table 1 Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January. 2005-2012. Numbers and per cent

1 Members¹ of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January. 2005-2012. Numbers and per cent
	2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012

	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent

Members, total	382 986	100.0	383 510	100.0	403 909	100.0	411 790	100.0	431 287	100.0	449 875	100.0	484 534	100.0	510 684	100.0

Baha'ism	1 006	0.3	1 004	0.3	1 015	0.3	1 024	0.2	1 023	0.2	1 012	0.2	1 064	0.2	1 088	0.2
Buddhism	9 471	2.5	9 934	2.6	10 753	2.7	11 038	2.7	12 252	2.8	13 376	3.0	14 580	3.0	15 426	3.0
Hinduism	3 769	1.0	3 669	1.0	4 098	1.0	4 566	1.1	5 238	1.2	5 175	1.2	5 858	1.2	5 690	1.1
Islam	76 621	20.0	72 023	18.8	79 068	19.6	83 684	20.3	92 744	21.5	98 953	22.0	106 735	22.0	112 236	22.0
Judaism	909	0.2	870	0.2	868	0.2	850	0.2	803	0.2	818	0.2	819	0.2	153	0.0
Christianity	215 090	56.2	216 141	56.4	225 507	55.8	226 969	55.1	234 772	54.4	245 664	54.6	266 834	55.1	289 018	56.6
Sikhism	2 298	0.6	2 257	0.6	2 440	0.6	2 537	0.6	2 713	0.6	1 037	0.2	2 975	0.6	1 133	0.2
Life stance	73 517	19.2	77 271	20.1	79 722	19.7	80 659	19.6	81 124	18.8	82 890	18.4	84 481	17.4	84 722	16.6
Other religious and life stance communities	305	0.1	341	0.1	438	0.1	463	0.1	618	0.1	950	0.2	1 188	0.2	1 218	0.2

¹	Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
Source: Statistics Norway.