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The Catholic population in Jambi Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 22,014 individuals. Compared to the previous year, the number of Catholics in the province increased by 499.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Catholics in this province reached 0.6 percent of the total population in 2024, which amounted to 3.8 million people.
Considering its distribution relative to the population of each region in Sumatra, the proportion of Catholics in Jambi ranks seventh.
The following is a list of the population of Jambi by religion in 2024:
* Islam 3,608,236 (95.06%)
* Protestant 127,929 (3.37%)
* Buddhist 33,764 (0.89%)
* Catholic 22,014 (0.58%)
* Confucian 743 (0.02%)
* Hindu 523 (0.01%)
Compared to other regions in Sumatra, the Catholic population in this province ranks seventh out of the 10 provinces on the island of Sumatra.
Other regions with the largest Catholic populations on the island of Sumatra 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, Bangka Belitung Islands with 19,692, Bengkulu with 8,160, and Aceh with 5,982.
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