Religious communities and life stance communities, 1 January 2016

Members1 of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January. Figures and per cent¹
	2015		2016
	Members in religious and philosophical communities	Per cent	Members in religious and philosophical communities	Per cent
¹Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
²One community not represented in the statistics for 2012
Total	558 977	100.0	622 042	100.0
Baha'ism	1 134	0.2	1 149	0.2
Buddism	17 977	3.2	18 817	3.0
Hinduism	8 181	1.5	8 882	1.4
Islam	141 027	25.2	148 189	23.8
Judaism²	747	0.1	770	0.1
Christianity	296 521	53.0	349 083	56.1
Sikhism²	3 429	0.6	3 545	0.6
Life stance	88 216	15.8	89 758	14.4
Other religious and philosophical communities	1 745	0.3	1 849	0.3

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