52% of Maluku's population was Muslim in June 2021.

Islam is the majority religion in Maluku. Based on data from the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri), 990,550 people in Maluku were Muslim in June 2021. This number is equivalent to 52.81% of its population, which reached 1.88 million.

The number of people in Maluku who are Christian is 739,370 or 39.42%. The population in the province who are Catholic reaches 128,890 or 6.87%.

There are also 6,170 people or 0.33% of the Maluku population who adhere to Hinduism. Then, 382 people or 0.02% of the Maluku population are Buddhist.

10,080 people or 0.54% of the Maluku population adhere to indigenous beliefs. Meanwhile, only 64 people in the province with its capital city in Ambon are Confucians.

By gender, 947,110 people or 50.5% of the Maluku population are male. Meanwhile, there are 928,390 people or 49.5% of the Maluku population who are female.

Based on marital status, 1.07 million people or 57.01% of the Maluku population are unmarried. 746,650 people or 39.81% of the population in the province are married.

There are also 7,870 people or 0.42% of the Maluku population who are divorced. Meanwhile, 51,810 people or 2.76% of the Maluku population are widowed.

Maluku is a province located in eastern Indonesia with an area of 46,914 square kilometers (km) and a population density of 40 people/km². Administratively, Maluku is divided into 9 regencies and 2 cities, which have 118 districts, 1,198 villages, and 35 urban villages.