83.9% of the population in West Sulawesi is Muslim.
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The Muslim population in West Sulawesi Province, as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 1.22 million people. This number increased by 629 individuals compared to the previous year, which also reported 1.22 million.
According to Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Muslims in this province reached 83.9 percent of the total population in 2023, which numbered 1.45 million.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Sulawesi, the proportion of Muslims in West Sulawesi ranks fourth.
The population of West Sulawesi by religion in 2023 was as follows:
* Islam: 1,217,968 (83.9%)
* Protestant: 192,930 (13.29%)
* Hindu: 19,098 (1.32%)
* Catholic: 15,731 (1.08%)
* Buddhist: 402 (0.03%)
* Confucian: 3 (0.0%)
In other provinces in Sulawesi, the Muslim population, in descending order, is as follows: South Sulawesi 8,474,724, Southeast Sulawesi 2,638,449, Central Sulawesi 2,496,568, Gorontalo 1,213,059, and North Sulawesi 847,968.
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