Table

Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January¹
	2018		Percentage change
	Members	Per cent	2017 - 2018	2014 - 2018
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	655 236	100.0	5.8	11.6
Baha'ism	1 115	0.2	-2.7	-1.1
Buddism	20 077	3.1	15.7	17.5
Hinduism	10 427	1.6	16.3	41.2
Islam	166 861	25.5	9.0	26.3
Judaism²	789	0.1	2.6	1.0
Christianity	355 070	54.2	4.6	5.3
Sikhism³	3 704	0.6	1.4	10.1
Philosophy	95 030	14.5	2.3	9.9
Other religious and philosophical communities	2 163	0.3	16.4	31.0