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Appendix table 7. Religious affiliation of the population by age 31.12.2012

Religious community Age
Total 0–14   15–24   25–34   35–44   45–54   55–64   65+
Total 5 426 674 891 392 660 471 686 054 657 312 744 469 768 783 1 018 193
Lutheran National Church 4 147 371 745 262 520 683 450 969 458 982 539 450 579 676 852 349
Other Lutheran 1 276 183 148 162 165 185 188 245
Greek Orthodox Church in Finland 58 705 10 084 6 681 5 969 6 051 7 855 8 551 13 514
Other Orthodoxes 2 801 676 252 415 485 391 303 279
Jehovah's Witnesses 18 826 1 750 1 729 2 711 2 259 2 786 3 280 4 311
Free Church in Finland 14 932 1 971 1 700 2 069 1 883 2 289 2 425 2 595
Roman Catholic Church in Finland 11 530 2 735 1 599 1 727 1 974 1 598 975 922
Islamic congregations 10 596 3 166 1 931 1 924 1 608 1 159 470 338
Pentecostal Church i Finland 7 445 984 937 1 225 913 819 1 034 1 533
Adventist churches 3 474 195 305 337 362 521 643 1 111
Church of J.Chr. of Latter-day Saints 3 181 480 499 466 362 440 370 564
Baptist congregations 2 332 167 261 273 298 315 376 642
Methodist churches 1 352 163 102 143 174 210 241 319
Jewish congregations 1 188 168 154 140 146 160 168 252
Buddhist congregations 538 64 68 101 125 108 46 26
Anglican Church in Finland 91 9 8 9 8 16 12 29
Other 1 306 134 154 147 177 195 253 246
No religious affiliation 1 139 730 123 201 123 260 217 267 181 340 185 972 169 772 138 918

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

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Population structure [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-5395. annual review 2012, Appendix table 7. Religious affiliation of the population by age 31.12.2012 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 26.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/vaerak/2012/01/vaerak_2012_01_2013-09-27_tau_007_en.html