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Appendix table 8.    Religious affiliation of the population 2003–2010

Religious community Year
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total 5 219 732 5 236 611 5 255 580 5 276 955 5 300 484 5 326 314 5 351 427 5 375 276
Lutheran National Church   4 396 813 4 386 336 4 373 556 4 355 949 4 334 586 4 299 186 4 273 425 4 207 192
Other Lutheran 1 019 1 012 1 031 1 032 1 017 1 076 1 196 1 292
Greek Orthodox Church in Finland 57 044 57 529 57 829 58 149 58 379 58 445 58 539 58 449
Other Orthodoxes 1 409 1 549 1 705 1 869 2 003 2 091 2 226 2 402
Jehovah's Witnesses 18 245 18 239 18 329 18 306 18 177 18 025 19 142 19 094
Free Church in Finland 13 443 13 565 13 711 13 895 14 022 14 233 14 292 14 485
Roman Catholic Church in Finland 7 897 8 094 8 446 8 783 9 184 9 672 10 090 10 640
Islamic congregations 2 748 2 833 4 239 4 944 5 689 6 822 8 230 9 393
Pentecostal Church i Finland 1 000 1 294 1 992 2 485 3 455 4 648 5 440 6 281
Adventist churches 4 099 4 031 4 015 3 986 3 821 3 751 3 688 3 648
Church of J.Chr. of Latter-day Saints 3 317 3 315 3 301 3 282 3 264 3 251 3 239 3 225
Baptist congregations 2 446 2 611 2 422 2 419 2 398 2 382 2 372 2 356
Methodist churches 1 244 1 250 1 256 1 281 1 267 1 279 1 301 1 301
Jewish congregations 1 189 1 203 1 184 1 194 1 181 1 230 1 236 1 208
Buddhist congregations 39 40 68 135 110 103 353 509
Anglican Church in Finland 99 97 93 88 89 88 89 88
Other 783 812 881 916 1 119 1 204 1 239 1 284
No religious affiliation 706 898 732 801 761 522 798 242 840 723 898 828 945 330 1 032 429

Source: Population Structure 2010, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Markus Rapo (09) 1734 3238, vaesto.tilasto@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 30.9.2011

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Population structure [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-5395. annual review 2010, Appendix table 8.    Religious affiliation of the population 2003–2010 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 5.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/vaerak/2010/01/vaerak_2010_01_2011-09-30_tau_008_en.html