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The Catholic population in North Sulawesi Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 117,780. This number is down by 1,535 individuals compared to the previous year, which reported 119,320.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Catholics in this province reached 4.5 percent of the total population in 2024, which amounted to 2.64 million.
When expressed as a percentage of the population in each region of Sulawesi, the Catholic population in North Sulawesi ranks second.
Meanwhile, the population of North Sulawesi by religion in 2024 was:
* Protestant 1,657,643 (62.72%)
* Muslim 846,751 (32.04%)
* Catholic 117,784 (4.46%)
* Hindu 15,764 (0.6%)
* Buddhist 3,695 (0.14%)
* Confucian 410 (0.02%)
Compared to other regions in Sulawesi, the Catholic population in this province is among the top two.
Other regions with the top five largest Catholic populations on the island of Sulawesi are South Sulawesi with 150,891 people, Central Sulawesi with 29,364, Southeast Sulawesi with 16,748, West Sulawesi with 15,909, and Gorontalo with 1,173.
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