Statistics on the Catholic Population in West Java 2015-2024
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The Catholic population in West Java Province, as recorded on December 31, 2024, was 306,320. This represents an increase of 3,504 individuals compared to the previous year's reported figure of 302,820.
According to Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Catholics in this province reached 0.6 percent of the total population in 2024, which numbered 50.35 million.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara, the proportion of Catholics in West Java ranks fourth.
Meanwhile, the population of West Java by religion in 2024 was:
- Islam 49,156,524 (97.64%)
- Protestant 894,880 (1.78%)
- Catholic 306,322 (0.61%)
- Buddhist 98,505 (0.2%)
- Hindu 17,413 (0.03%)
- Confucian 12,279 (0.02%)
Compared to other regions in Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara, the number of Catholics in this province is among the top four.
Other regions with the top five highest numbers of Catholics on the island of Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara are East Nusa Tenggara with 3,053,189 people, DKI Jakarta with 434,395, Central Java with 342,347, East Java with 273,708, and Yogyakarta Special Region with 164,685.
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