Appendix table 8. Religious affiliation of the population 2003–2012
Religious community | Year | |||||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
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 | 5 426 674 |
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 | 4 147 371 |
Other Lutheran | 1 019 | 1 012 | 1 031 | 1 032 | 1 017 | 1 076 | 1 196 | 1 292 | 1 317 | 1 276 |
Greek Orthodox Church in Finland | 57 044 | 57 529 | 57 829 | 58 149 | 58 379 | 58 445 | 58 539 | 58 449 | 58 584 | 58 705 |
Other Orthodoxes | 1 409 | 1 549 | 1 705 | 1 869 | 2 003 | 2 091 | 2 226 | 2 402 | 2 599 | 2 801 |
Jehovah's Witnesses | 18 245 | 18 239 | 18 329 | 18 306 | 18 177 | 18 025 | 19 142 | 19 094 | 19 001 | 18 826 |
Free Church in Finland | 13 443 | 13 565 | 13 711 | 13 895 | 14 022 | 14 233 | 14 292 | 14 485 | 14 789 | 14 932 |
Roman Catholic Church in Finland | 7 897 | 8 094 | 8 446 | 8 783 | 9 184 | 9 672 | 10 090 | 10 640 | 11 091 | 11 530 |
Islamic congregations | 2 748 | 2 833 | 4 239 | 4 944 | 5 689 | 6 822 | 8 230 | 9 393 | 10 088 | 10 596 |
Pentecostal Church i Finland | 1 000 | 1 294 | 1 992 | 2 485 | 3 455 | 4 648 | 5 440 | 6 281 | 6 876 | 7 445 |
Adventist churches | 4 099 | 4 031 | 4 015 | 3 986 | 3 821 | 3 751 | 3 688 | 3 648 | 3 553 | 3 474 |
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 | 3 181 |
Baptist congregations | 2 446 | 2 611 | 2 422 | 2 419 | 2 398 | 2 382 | 2 372 | 2 356 | 2 320 | 2 332 |
Methodist churches | 1 244 | 1 250 | 1 256 | 1 281 | 1 267 | 1 279 | 1 301 | 1 301 | 1 342 | 1 352 |
Jewish congregations | 1 189 | 1 203 | 1 184 | 1 194 | 1 181 | 1 230 | 1 236 | 1 208 | 1 198 | 1 188 |
Buddhist congregations | 39 | 40 | 68 | 135 | 110 | 103 | 353 | 509 | 509 | 538 |
Anglican Church in Finland | 99 | 97 | 93 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 84 | 91 |
Other | 783 | 812 | 881 | 916 | 1 119 | 1 204 | 1 239 | 1 284 | 1 293 | 1 306 |
No religious affiliation | 706 898 | 732 801 | 761 522 | 798 242 | 840 723 | 898 828 | 945 330 | 1 032 429 | 1 087 972 | 1 139 730 |
Source: Population Structure 2012, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Markus Rapo 09 1734 3238, vaesto.tilasto@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 27.9.2013
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