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Appendix table 8. Religious affiliation of the population 2003–2011

Religious community Year
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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 5 401 267
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 4 175 443
Other Lutheran 1 019 1 012 1 031 1 032 1 017 1 076 1 196 1 292 1 317
Greek Orthodox Church in Finland 57 044 57 529 57 829 58 149 58 379 58 445 58 539 58 449 58 584
Other Orthodoxes 1 409 1 549 1 705 1 869 2 003 2 091 2 226 2 402 2 599
Jehovah's Witnesses 18 245 18 239 18 329 18 306 18 177 18 025 19 142 19 094 19 001
Free Church in Finland 13 443 13 565 13 711 13 895 14 022 14 233 14 292 14 485 14 789
Roman Catholic Church in Finland 7 897 8 094 8 446 8 783 9 184 9 672 10 090 10 640 11 091
Islamic congregations 2 748 2 833 4 239 4 944 5 689 6 822 8 230 9 393 10 088
Pentecostal Church i Finland 1 000 1 294 1 992 2 485 3 455 4 648 5 440 6 281 6 876
Adventist churches 4 099 4 031 4 015 3 986 3 821 3 751 3 688 3 648 3 553
Church of J.Chr. of Latter-day Saints 3 317 3 315 3 301 3 282 3 264 3 251 3 239 3 225 3 208
Baptist congregations 2 446 2 611 2 422 2 419 2 398 2 382 2 372 2 356 2 320
Methodist churches 1 244 1 250 1 256 1 281 1 267 1 279 1 301 1 301 1 342
Jewish congregations 1 189 1 203 1 184 1 194 1 181 1 230 1 236 1 208 1 198
Buddhist congregations 39 40 68 135 110 103 353 509 509
Anglican Church in Finland 99 97 93 88 89 88 89 88 84
Other 783 812 881 916 1 119 1 204 1 239 1 284 1 293
No religious affiliation 706 898 732 801 761 522 798 242 840 723 898 828 945 330 1 032 429 1 087 972

Source: Population Structure 2011, Statistics Finland

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

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 30.11.2012

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Population structure [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-5395. annual review 2011, Appendix table 8. Religious affiliation of the population 2003–2011 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 5.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/vaerak/2011/01/vaerak_2011_01_2012-11-30_tau_008_en.html