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The Catholic population in Papua Province as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 61,953. Compared to the previous year, the number of Catholics in the province increased by 1,579.
According to Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Catholics in the province reached 5.7 percent of the total population, which numbered 1.09 million in 2023.
When compared to the population of each region in Maluku and Papua, the Catholic population in Papua ranks second.
Below is the population of Papua by religion in 2023:
- Protestant 702,479 (64.73%)
- Muslim 317,805 (29.28%)
- Catholic 61,953 (5.71%)
- Buddhist 1,599 (0.15%)
- Hindu 1,396 (0.13%)
- Confucian 7 (0.0%)
In other provinces in Maluku and Papua, the number of Catholics, in descending order, is: Maluku 130,987, West Papua 48,012, and North Maluku 7,556.
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