13.3% of the population in West Sulawesi is Protestant.
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The Protestant population in West Sulawesi Province, as recorded on December 31, 2024, was 194,060. Compared to the previous year, the number of Protestants in the province increased by 1,273.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Protestants in this province reached 13.3 percent of the total population in 2024, which numbered 1.46 million.
Based on the distribution across the population of each region in Sulawesi, the proportion of Protestants in West Sulawesi ranks fourth.
Meanwhile, the population of West Sulawesi by religion in 2024 was:
- Islam 1,225,677 (83.91%)
- Protestant 194,065 (13.29%)
- Hindu 19,149 (1.31%)
- Catholic 15,909 (1.09%)
- Buddhist 402 (0.03%)
- Confucian 3 (0.0%)
Compared to other regions in Sulawesi, the number of Protestants in this province is among the top four.
Other regions with the top five highest numbers of Protestants on the island of Sulawesi are North Sulawesi with 1,657,643 people, South Sulawesi with 693,021 people, Central Sulawesi with 513,409 people, Southeast Sulawesi with 45,759 people, and Gorontalo with 17,881 people.
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