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2020 | Percentage change | |||
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Members | Per cent | 2019 - 2020 | 2016 - 2020 | |
1Including only members for whom government subsidy is received. | ||||
Total | 697 257 | 100.0 | 2.8 | 12.1 |
Baha'ism | 1 091 | 0.2 | -2.4 | -5.0 |
Buddism | 21 555 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 14.6 |
Hinduism | 12 153 | 1.7 | 6.6 | 36.8 |
Islam | 182 826 | 26.2 | 4.2 | 23.4 |
Judaism | 794 | 0.1 | -1.9 | 3.1 |
Christianity | 372 651 | 53.4 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
Sikhism | 4 080 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 15.1 |
Philosophy | 99 468 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 10.8 |
Other religious and philosophical communities | 2 639 | 0.4 | 8.2 | 42.7 |
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.
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Andreas Østhus
E-mail: andreas.osthus@ssb.no
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Andrea Ihler Evensen
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