Table

Members1 of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January. Figures and per cent¹
	2017		2018
	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	619 222	100.0	655 236	100.0
Baha'ism	1 146	0.2	1 115	0.2
Buddism	17 351	2.8	20 077	3.1
Hinduism	8 965	1.4	10 427	1.6
Islam	153 067	24.7	166 861	25.5
Judaism²	769	0.1	789	0.1
Christianity	339 492	54.8	355 070	54.2
Sikhism²	3 654	0.6	3 704	0.6
Life stance	92 919	15.0	95 030	14.5
Other religious and philosophical communities	1 859	0.3	2 163	0.3