16.1% of the population in Central Sulawesi is Protestant.
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The Protestant population in Central Sulawesi Province as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 508,750. Compared to the previous year, the number of Protestants in the province increased by 7,267.
According to Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Protestants in the province reached 16.1 percent of the total population in 2023, which numbered 3.15 million.
Considering its distribution among the population of each region in Sulawesi, the proportion of Protestants in Central Sulawesi ranks third.
Below is the population of Central Sulawesi by religion in 2023:
- Islam 2,496,568 (79.14%)
- Protestant 508,748 (16.13%)
- Hindu 112,517 (3.57%)
- Catholic 28,942 (0.92%)
- Buddhist 4,202 (0.13%)
- Confucian 22 (0.0%)
As for other provinces in Sulawesi, the Protestant population, in descending order, is: North Sulawesi 1,672,363, South Sulawesi 689,624, West Sulawesi 192,930, Southeast Sulawesi 45,328, and Gorontalo 17,793.
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