Statistics on the Buddhist Population in West Kalimantan 2015-2024
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The Buddhist population in West Kalimantan Province, as recorded on December 31, 2024, was 301,580. This represents a decrease of 235 individuals compared to the previous year's reported figure of 301,810.
According to Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Buddhists in this province reached 5.3 percent of the total population in 2024, which was 5.7 million.
Considering the distribution across the total population of each province in Kalimantan, West Kalimantan has one of the highest Buddhist populations.
Below is the population of West Kalimantan by religion in 2024:
- Islam 3,383,882 (59.41%)
- Catholic 1,236,714 (21.71%)
- Protestant 655,654 (11.51%)
- Buddhist 301,578 (5.3%)
- Confucian 16,807 (0.3%)
- Hindu 2,702 (0.05%)
In other Kalimantan provinces, the number of Buddhists, in descending order, is as follows: East Kalimantan 15,480, South Kalimantan 12,156, North Kalimantan 4,018, and Central Kalimantan 2,977.
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