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The Buddhist population in Jambi Province, as recorded on December 31, 2024, was 33,764. This represents a decrease of 261 individuals compared to the previous year's reported figure of 34,025.
According to Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Buddhists in the province reached 0.9 percent of the total population in 2024, which was 3.8 million.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Sumatra, Jambi's proportion of Buddhists ranks sixth.
The following is a list of Jambi's population by religion in 2024:
* Islam 3,608,236 (95.06%)
* Protestant 127,929 (3.37%)
* Buddhist 33,764 (0.89%)
* Catholic 22,014 (0.58%)
* Confucian 743 (0.02%)
* Hindu 523 (0.01%)
In other provinces in Sumatra, the number of Buddhists, in descending order, is as follows: North Sumatra 348,215, Riau Islands 149,056, Riau 136,414, South Sumatra 67,583, Bangka Belitung Islands 62,233, Lampung 23,665, Aceh 6,658, West Sumatra 3,273, and Bengkulu 2,050.
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