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Finland is a predominantly Christian nation where 65.2% of the Finnish population of 5.6 million are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (Protestant),[1] 32.0% are unaffiliated, 1.1% are Orthodox Christians, 0.9% are other Christians and 0.8% follow other religions like Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, folk religion etc.[2] These statistics do not include, for example, asylum seekers who have not been granted a permanent residence permit.[3]
There are two national churches (as opposed to state churches): the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (Protestant), which is the primary religion representing 65.2% of the population by the end of 2022,[2] and the Finnish Orthodox Church, to which about 1.1% of the population belongs.[4][5][2] Those who officially belong to one of the two national churches have part of their taxes turned over to their respective church (approximately 1-2% of income).[6]
There are also approximately 44,000 followers of Pentecostal Christianity,[7] and more than 12,000 Catholic Christians in Finland, along with Anglicans, and some various Independent Christian communities. Prior to its Christianisation, beginning in the 11th century, Finnish paganism was the country's primary religion.
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