Norway Religion Stats
Definitions
- Buddhism > Buddhists: Amount of Buddhist residents.
- Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Buddhist total: Population of Buddhists by country.
- Buddhism > Percent Buddhist: Percentage of population that is Buddhist.
- Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
- Christian > Mormon > Members: Membership.
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Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population:
Orthodox percentage (%) of total population.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
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Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population:
Orthodox percentage (%) of World Orthodox population.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans: Lutherans.
- Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans per thousand people: Lutherans. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members: Number of members of churches, who are in turn member of the Baptist World Alliance.
- Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people: Number of members of churches, who are in turn member of the Baptist World Alliance. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches: Number of churches that are members of the Baptist World Alliance.
- Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people: Number of churches that are members of the Baptist World Alliance. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent:
Protestant.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Christian > Protestant > Protestants:
Protestants.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Christian > Protestant > Quakers: Number of Quakers.
- Christianity > Percent Christian: Percentage of population that is Christian.
- Christianity > Regular church attendance: Amount of regular Christian churchgoers in selected countries.
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Hindu percent of population:
Percentage of population that is Hindu.
- Hindus: Number of Hindu residents.
- Hindus per thousand people: Number of Hindu residents. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in each country.
- Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Jews per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Major religion(s): Country major religions.
- Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report.
- Muslim > Muslim population: Muslim population 2014 Pew Report.
- People who say religion is important: Percentage of country's population who believes religion is important. Results are from a Gallop Poll conducted in 2008.
- Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
- Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
- Religions > Muslim: Percent of population who are Muslims. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
- Religions > Roman Catholic: Percent of population who are Roman Catholics. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
- Religious diversity score: The probability of two people chosen at random having different religions. For instance, if you take two people from anywhere in the country of South Africa, there's an 86% chance they will be of different religious sects or different religions altogether.
- Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important: Percentage of population surveyed in a Gallup Poll who answered the question “Is religion important in your daily life?” with “yes”. (Other possible answers were “no”, “don’t know” and “refuse to answer”).
- Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant: Percentage of population who says religion is not important in their daily lives. The survey was carried out within the Gallup Poll.
- Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
- Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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State religion > Church:
Church.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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State religion > Denomination:
Denomination.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: Buddhism by country; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Lutheranism by region (Countries with more than 500,000 Lutherans) ([1] The Lutheran World Federation 2010 Membership Figures); Wikipedia: Lutheranism by region (Countries with more than 500,000 Lutherans) ([1] The Lutheran World Federation 2010 Membership Figures). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, ); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Church attendance); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . 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I am born in Norway and have lived 22 years in Oslo and 2 years other places in Norway, and travelled my country a LOT. Generally speaking:
I can safely tell you that Norwegians are extremely non-religious, as the church attendance stat will tell. Those that go to church often do so for random reasons too. I am agnostic and been to church several times, Im also baptized and confirmed christian. None of this matters to me, and I believe most feel the same way I do.
Atheism isn't particularly practiced either, we simply don't think about the issue (may sound strange to some).
It is not normal to wear a T-shirt with a religious slogan, for example. If you did people would react with awkwardness, but probably politely not say anything.
To sum it up, most religious activities here would be based on tradition rather than belief. Religion (or anti religion) is very rarely brought up in regular conversations, and I've never met any civilian preacher of any kind ever. I am in the belief that we are generally very respectful about other's beliefs, as long as they are subtle about it (this includes atheists), and they are.
Hope that helps with any curiosity any foreigner would have.
Posted on 29 Jan 2013
Sebastian
