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The Catholic population in Bengkulu Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 8,160 people. Compared to the previous year, the number of Catholics in the province increased by 76.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Catholics in the province reached 0.4 percent of the total population, which was 2.12 million in 2024.
Based on the distribution across the population of each region in Sumatra, the proportion of Catholics in Bengkulu ranks ninth.
Meanwhile, the population of Bengkulu by religion in 2024 was:
- Islam 2,066,774 (97.72%)
- Protestant 33,718 (1.59%)
- Catholic 8,160 (0.39%)
- Hindu 4,236 (0.2%)
- Buddhist 2,050 (0.1%)
- Confucian 8 (0.0%)
Other provinces in Sumatra with the highest number of Catholics are North Sumatra with 664,356 people, Lampung with 77,035, Riau with 76,206, Riau Islands with 57,987, South Sumatra with 50,765, West Sumatra with 48,620, Jambi with 22,014, Bangka Belitung Islands with 19,692, and Aceh with 5,982.
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