2.1% of the population in Semarang Regency is Catholic.
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The Catholic population in Semarang Regency as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 22,774. Compared to the previous year, the number of Catholics in the regency/city decreased by 555.
According to data from the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Ditjen Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the proportion of Catholics in this regency/city reached 2.1 percent of the total population in 2024, which numbered 1.09 million.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Central Java, the proportion of Catholics in Semarang Regency ranks fourth.
Below is the population of Central Java by religion in 2023:
* Islam: 1,015,860 (93.61%)
* Protestant: 34,009 (3.13%)
* Catholic: 22,774 (2.1%)
* Buddhist: 4,369 (0.4%)
* Indigenous Beliefs: 641 (0.06%)
* Hindu: 227 (0.02%)
* Confucian: 32 (0.0%)
Other regencies/cities in Central Java with the largest Catholic populations are: Semarang City (83,960), Surakarta City (39,873), Klaten Regency (35,535), Magelang Regency (21,908), Sukoharjo Regency (11,908), Karanganyar Regency (11,705), Banyumas Regency (10,661), Wonogiri Regency (10,113), Salatiga City (9,124), and Cilacap Regency (7,250).
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