0.05% of the population in West Papua practices Buddhism.
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The Buddhist population in West Papua Province, as recorded on December 31, 2024, was 272 individuals. Compared to the previous year, the number of Buddhists in the province decreased by 5.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Buddhists in this province reached 0.05 percent of the total population, which numbered 569,910 in 2024.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Maluku and Papua, the proportion of Buddhists in West Papua ranks third.
Below is the population of West Papua by religion in 2024:
- Protestant 302,883 (53.15%)
- Islam 217,652 (38.19%)
- Catholic 48,488 (8.51%)
- Hindu 593 (0.1%)
- Buddhist 272 (0.05%)
- Confucian 2 (0.0%)
Compared to other regions in Maluku and Papua, the number of Buddhists in this province ranks third.
Other regions with the highest number of Buddhists are Papua with 1,576 individuals, Maluku with 377, and North Maluku with 145.
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