0.1% of the population in North Sulawesi practices Buddhism.
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The Buddhist population in North Sulawesi Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 3,695 individuals. Compared to the previous year, the number of Buddhists in the province decreased by 92.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Buddhists in this province reached 0.1 percent of the total population, which numbered 2.64 million in 2024.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Sulawesi, the proportion of Buddhists in North Sulawesi ranks third.
The following is a list of the population of North Sulawesi by religion in 2024:
- Protestant 1,657,643 (62.72%)
- Muslim 846,751 (32.04%)
- Catholic 117,784 (4.46%)
- Hindu 15,764 (0.6%)
- Buddhist 3,695 (0.14%)
- Confucian 410 (0.02%)
Compared to other regions in Sulawesi, the number of Buddhists in this province is among the top three.
Other regions with the top five highest numbers of Buddhists on the island of Sulawesi are South Sulawesi with 19,768 individuals, Central Sulawesi with 4,187, Southeast Sulawesi with 1,301, Gorontalo with 919, and West Sulawesi with 402.
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