2% of the population in Teluk Wondama Regency is Catholic.
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The Catholic population in Teluk Wondama Regency as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 957 people. Compared to the previous year, the number of Catholics in the regency/city increased by 445 people.
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 two percent of the total population in 2024, which numbered 46,755 people.
Based on the distribution across the population of each region in West Papua, the proportion of Catholics in Teluk Wondama Regency ranks fifth.
Below is the population of West Papua by religion in 2023:
* Protestant: 35,623 (76.19%)
* Islam: 9,331 (19.96%)
* Catholic: 957 (2.05%)
* Hindu: 61 (0.13%)
* Buddhist: 8 (0.02%)
* Confucian: 0 (0.0%)
* Indigenous Beliefs: 0 (0.0%)
Other regencies/cities in West Papua with the largest Catholic populations are Fakfak Regency (14,777 people), Teluk Bintuni Regency (13,632 people), Manokwari Regency (12,206 people), Kaimana Regency (5,787 people), and Manokwari Selatan Regency (449 people).
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