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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

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Population structure [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-5395. annual review 2012, Appendix table 8. Religious affiliation of the population 2003–2012 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 26.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/vaerak/2012/01/vaerak_2012_01_2013-09-27_tau_008_en.html