41.1% of the population in West Halmahera Regency is Muslim.
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The Muslim population in West Halmahera Regency, as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 56,976 people. Compared to the previous year, the number of residents practicing Islam in the regency/city increased by 617 people.
According to data from the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Ditjen Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the proportion of Muslims in this regency/city reached 41.1 percent of the total population in 2024, which numbered 138,670 people.
Based on the distribution across the population of each region in North Maluku, the proportion of the Muslim population in West Halmahera Regency ranks eighth.
Meanwhile, the population of North Maluku by religion in 2023 was as follows:
- Protestant 79,448 (57.29%)
- Islam 56,976 (41.09%)
- Catholic 1,104 (0.8%)
- Hindu 13 (0.01%)
- Buddhist 1 (0.0%)
- Confucian 1 (0.0%)
- Indigenous Beliefs 0 (0.0%)
Other regencies/cities in North Maluku with the largest Muslim populations, in descending order, are South Halmahera Regency (221,463 people), Ternate City (198,683 people), Tidore Islands City (111,510 people), Sula Islands Regency (103,019 people), North Halmahera Regency (82,814 people), Central Halmahera Regency (79,927 people), East Halmahera Regency (64,044 people), Taliabu Islands Regency (51,628 people), and Morotai Island Regency (50,292 people).
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