Table

Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January¹
	2017		Percentage change
	Members	Per cent	2016 - 2017	2013 - 2017
¹Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
²One community not represented in the statistics for 2012.
³One community not represented in the statistics for 2010 and 2012.
Total	619 222	100.0	-0.5	12.7
Baha'ism	1 146	0.2	-0.3	2.1
Buddism	17 351	2.8	-7.8	8.4
Hinduism	8 965	1.4	0.9	31.9
Islam	153 067	24.7	3.3	26.6
Judaism²	769	0.1	-0.1	-2.4
Christianity	339 492	54.8	-2.7	8.5
Sikhism³	3 654	0.6	3.1	10.0
Philosophy	92 919	15.0	3.5	8.0
Other religious and philosophical communities	1 859	0.3	0.5	23.9