Religious communities and life stance communities, 1 January 2010

As of 1 January 2010, 449 900 persons in Norway were members of religious and life stance communities; an increase of 18 600 compared with the previous year.

More than half of the members, 246 000, were members of Christian communities. A total of 82 900 were members of life stance communities and accounted for approximately 18 per cent of all members of communities. Furthermore, various Islamic communities accounted for around 22 per cent of the members, while the members of Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh communities accounted for 3 per cent, 1.2 per cent and 0.2 per cent of the members respectively.

Tables:

• Table 1 Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1 January. 2005-2010. Numbers and per cent
• Table 2 Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. County. 2006-2010
• Table 3 Members of Christian communities outside the Church of Norway. Per 1 January. 2005-2010