Religion in New Zealand
Religious affiliation statistics
The table below is based on religious affiliation data recorded at the last three censuses for usually resident people. Note that figures and percentages may not add to 100 percent as it is possible for people to state more than one religion.

Religion in New Zealand

Section Title: Religious affiliation statistics
Table Section Text: The table below is based on religious affiliation data recorded at the last three censuses for usually resident people. Note that figures and percentages may not add to 100 percent as it is possible for people to state more than one religion.

Religion	2013 census	2006 census	2001 census	Trend (%)

Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	2001–13

Christian	1,858,977	47.65	2,027,418	54.16	2,043,843	58.92

Catholic	492,105	12.61	508,437	13.58	485,637	14.00

Anglican	459,771	11.79	554,925	14.82	584,793	16.86

Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed	330,516	8.47	400,839	10.71	431,139	12.43

Christian (not further defined)	216,177	5.54	186,234	4.97	192,165	5.54

Methodist	102,879	2.64	121,806	3.25	120,546	3.48

Pentecostal	74,256	1.90	79,155	2.11	67,182	1.94

Baptist	54,345	1.39	56,913	1.52	51,423	1.48

Latter–day Saints	40,728	1.04	43,539	1.16	39,915	1.15

Brethren	18,624	0.48	19,617	0.52	20,397	0.59

Jehovah's Witnesses	17,931	0.46	17,910	0.48	17,829	0.51

Adventist	17,085	0.44	16,191	0.43	14,868	0.43

Evangelical, Born Again and Fundamentalist	15,381	0.39	13,836	0.37	11,016	0.32

Orthodox	13,806	0.35	13,194	0.35	9,576	0.28

Salvation Army	9,162	0.23	11,493	0.31	12,618	0.36

Protestant (not further defined)	4,998	0.13	3,954	0.11	2,787	0.08

Lutheran	3,903	0.10	4,476	0.12	4,314	0.12

Church of Christ and Associated Churches of Christ	2,145	0.05	2,991	0.08	3,270	0.09

Uniting/Union Church and Ecumenical	999	0.03	1,419	0.04	1,389	0.04

Asian Christian	132	<0.01	195	0.01	195	0.01

Other Christian	3,714	0.10	3,798	0.10	3,558	0.10

Hinduism/Hindu	89,319	2.11	64,392	1.72	39,798	1.15

Buddhism/Buddhist	58,404	1.50	52,362	1.40	41,634	1.20

Māori Christian	52,947	1.36	65,550	1.75	63,597	1.83

Rātana	40,353	1.03	50,565	1.35	48,975	1.41

Ringatū	13,272	0.34	16,419	0.44	15,291	0.44

Māori Christian (not further defined)	222	0.01	219	0.01	237	0.01

Other Māori Christian	333	0.01	360	0.01	426	0.01

Islam/Muslim	46,149	1.18	36,072	0.96	23,631	0.68

Spiritualism and New Age Religions	18,285	0.47	19,800	0.53	16,062	0.46

Spiritualist	7,776	0.20	7,743	0.21	5,856	0.17

Nature and Earth Based Religions	5,943	0.15	7,125	0.19	5,838	0.17

Satanism	840	0.02	1,164	0.03	894	0.03

New Age (not further defined)	441	0.01	669	0.02	420	0.01

Church of Scientology	318	0.01	357	0.01	282	0.01

Other New Age Religions	3,015	0.08	2,871	0.08	2,784	0.08

Judaism/Jewish	6,867	0.18	6,858	0.18	6,636	0.19

Other Religions	34,245	0.88	24,450	0.65	18,780	0.54

Sikh	19,191	0.49	9,507	0.25	5,199	0.15

Other Religion (not further defined)	5,202	0.13	4,830	0.13	4,641	0.13

Baha'i	2,634	0.07	2,772	0.07	2,988	0.09

Māori Religion	2,595	0.07	2,412	0.06	1,995	0.06

Theism	1,782	0.05	2,202	0.06	1,491	0.04

Zoroastrian	972	0.02	1,071	0.03	486	0.01

Chinese Religions	906	0.02	912	0.02	1,269	0.04

Japanese Religions	423	0.01	384	0.01	303	0.01

Jainism	207	0.01	111	<0.01	57	<0.01

Other Other Religions	333	0.01	258	0.01	351	0.01

Total people with at least one religious affiliation	2,146,167	53.64	2,271,921	60.69	2,232,564	64.36

No Religion	1,635,345	41.92	1,297,104	34.65	1,028,049	29.64

Object to answering	173,034	4.44	242,607	6.48	239,241	6.90

Total people stated	3,901,167	100.00	3,743,655	100.00	3,468,813	100.00

Not elsewhere included	347,301	292,974	287,376

Total population	4,242,048	4,027,947	3,737,277

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Catholic religion decreased by 12.61% in New Zealand.

final_sentence: Catholic religion decreased by 12.61% in New Zealand.