4% of the population in Bangka Belitung Islands Province practices Buddhism.
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The Buddhist population in Bangka Belitung Islands Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 62,233 people. This number decreased by 393 people compared to the previous year, which was reported at 62,626 people.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Buddhists in this province reached four percent of the total population in 2024, which amounted to 1.54 million people.
Based on the distribution across the population of each region in Sumatra, the proportion of Buddhists in Bangka Belitung Islands Province ranks fifth.
Meanwhile, the population of Bangka Belitung Islands Province by religion in 2024 was as follows:
* Islam 1,391,050 (90.47%)
* Buddhist 62,233 (4.05%)
* Protestant 32,469 (2.11%)
* Confucian 30,067 (1.96%)
* Catholic 19,692 (1.28%)
* Hindu 1,279 (0.08%)
Other provinces in Sumatra with the largest Buddhist populations are North Sumatra with 348,215 people, Riau Islands with 149,056 people, Riau with 136,414 people, South Sumatra with 67,583 people, Jambi with 33,764 people, Lampung with 23,665 people, Aceh with 6,658 people, West Sumatra with 3,273 people, and Bengkulu with 2,050 people.
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