More members in religious and life stance communities

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At the beginning of this year, 622 000 persons were members of religious and life stance communities. This represents 12 per cent of the Norwegian population.

A total of 11.9 per cent were members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway as per 1 January 2016. This is an increase from 10.8 per cent last year.

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Figure 1. Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. 1 January 2016

More than half of the members; 349 000, were members of Christian communities. In particular, the Roman Catholic Church has increased the number of members from the previous year, by a total of 49 000 or 51 per cent.

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Figure 2. Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January

Furthermore, various Islamic communities accounted for around 24 per cent of the members, while the members of Buddhist communities accounted for 3 per cent, and life stance communities and other religions accounted for 14.4 per cent and 2.6 per cent of the members respectively.

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