83.2% of the population in Kepulauan Yapen Regency is Protestant.
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The Protestant population in Kepulauan Yapen Regency, as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 96,271 people. This number is down 16,597 individuals compared to the previous year, which reported 112,870 people.
According to data from the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Ditjen Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the proportion of Protestants in this regency/city reached 83.2 percent of the total population in 2024, which numbered 115,650 people.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Papua, the proportion of Protestants in Kepulauan Yapen Regency ranks fourth.
Below is the population of Papua by religion in 2023:
* Protestant: 96,271 (83.24%)
* Muslim: 17,368 (15.02%)
* Catholic: 1,354 (1.17%)
* Hindu: 43 (0.04%)
* Buddhist: 18 (0.02%)
* Confucian: 1 (0.0%)
* Indigenous Beliefs: 1 (0.0%)
Other regencies/cities in Papua with the largest Protestant populations are: Jayapura City (200,130 people), Jayapura Regency (137,786 people), Biak Numfor Regency (121,661 people), Mamberamo Raya Regency (38,240 people), and Sarmi Regency (32,195 people).
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