66.8% of the population in North Sumatra is Muslim.
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The Muslim population in North Sumatra Province, as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 10.33 million. Compared to the previous year, the number of Muslims in the province increased by 89,569.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Muslims in the province reached 66.8 percent of the total population in 2023, which was 15.47 million.
Considering the distribution across the total population of each province in Sumatra, North Sumatra has one of the highest Muslim populations.
The population of North Sumatra by religion in 2023 was as follows:
* Islam: 10,334,224 (66.79%)
* Protestant: 4,105,365 (26.53%)
* Catholic: 661,375 (4.27%)
* Buddhist: 348,880 (2.25%)
* Hindu: 15,911 (0.1%)
* Confucian: 917 (0.01%)
Other provinces in Sumatra with the largest Muslim populations, in descending order, are: Lampung (8,700,424), South Sumatra (8,642,068), Riau (5,973,722), West Sumatra (5,610,761), Aceh (5,438,906), Jambi (3,574,753), Bengkulu (2,050,109), Riau Islands (1,708,333), and Bangka Belitung Islands (1,375,701).
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