1.6% of the population in Bengkulu is Protestant.
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The Protestant population in Bengkulu Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 33,718 people. Compared to the previous year, the number of Protestants in the province increased by 230.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Protestants in the province reached 1.6 percent of the total population, which numbered 2.12 million in 2024.
Based on its distribution relative to the population of each region in Sumatra, the proportion of Protestants in Bengkulu ranks ninth.
The following is a list of the population of Bengkulu by religion in 2024:
* Islam 2,066,774 (97.72%)
* Protestant 33,718 (1.59%)
* Catholic 8,160 (0.39%)
* Hindu 4,236 (0.2%)
* Buddhist 2,050 (0.1%)
* Confucian 8 (0.0%)
Compared to other regions in Sumatra, the Protestant population in this province ranks ninth out of the 10 provinces on the island of Sumatra.
Other regions in Sumatra with the largest Protestant populations 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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