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2017 | Percentage change | |||
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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 |
Additional information
The statistics include members of religious and life stance communities based on annual applications for central government subsidies. Some communities do not apply for subsidies every year. Due to this fact, the number of members in some categories varies some years. Some communities never apply for subsidies.
Contact
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Andreas Østhus
E-mail: andreas.osthus@ssb.no
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Andrea Ihler Evensen
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