Religious communities and life stance communities, 1 January 2017

Members1 of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January. Figures and per cent¹
	2016		2017
	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	622 042	100.0	619 222	100.0
Baha'ism	1 149	0.2	1 146	0.2
Buddism	18 817	3.0	17 351	2.8
Hinduism	8 882	1.4	8 965	1.4
Islam	148 189	23.8	153 067	24.7
Judaism²	770	0.1	769	0.1
Christianity	349 083	56.1	339 492	54.8
Sikhism²	3 545	0.6	3 654	0.6
Life stance	89 758	14.4	92 919	15.0
Other religious and philosophical communities	1 849	0.3	1 859	0.3

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