0.9% of the population in Central Java is Catholic.
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The Catholic population in Central Java Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 342,350. This number decreased by 1,277 individuals compared to the previous year, which reported 343,620.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Catholics in this province reached 0.9 percent of the total population in 2024, which amounted to 38.28 million.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara, the proportion of Catholics in Central Java ranks third.
The following is a list of the population of Central Java by religion in 2024:
* Islam 37,273,804 (97.37%)
* Protestant 593,139 (1.55%)
* Catholic 342,347 (0.89%)
* Buddhist 49,987 (0.13%)
* Hindu 14,045 (0.04%)
* Confucian 1,303 (0.0%)
Compared to other regions in Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara, the Catholic population in this province is among the top three.
Other regions with the top five largest Catholic populations on the island of Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara are East Nusa Tenggara with 3,053,189 people, DKI Jakarta with 434,395, West Java with 306,322, East Java with 273,708, and Yogyakarta Special Region with 164,685.
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