Statistics on the Protestant Population in Bengkulu 2017-2024
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The Protestant population in Bengkulu Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 33,718 people. This is an increase of 230 individuals compared to the previous year's reported figure of 33,488.
According to Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Protestants in the province reached 1.6 percent of the total population in 2024, which was 2.11 million.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Sumatra, Bengkulu's proportion of Protestant residents ranks ninth.
Below is the population of Bengkulu by religion in 2024:
- Islam 2,066,774 (97.85%)
- Protestant 33,718 (1.6%)
- Catholic 8,160 (0.39%)
- Hindu 4,236 (0.2%)
- Buddhist 2,050 (0.1%)
- Confucian 8 (0.0%)
Other provinces in Sumatra with the largest Protestant populations, in descending order, are North Sumatra with 4,119,762 people, Riau with 686,683, Riau Islands with 267,617, Jambi with 127,929, Lampung with 121,510, West Sumatra with 88,980, South Sumatra with 87,325, Aceh with 64,984, and Bangka Belitung Islands with 32,469.
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