This is the Province with the Largest Catholic Population in Maluku and Papua in June 2022

Viva Budy Kusnandar 12/09/2022 16:30 WIB

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In June 2022, there were 8.46 million Indonesian citizens who were Catholic. This number represents only 3.07% of the total population of 275.36 million. What is the proportion of Catholics in Papua a

Number of Catholic Adherents in Maluku and Papua (June 2022)

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Number of Catholic Adherents in Maluku and Papua (June 2022)

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In June 2022, there were 8.46 million Indonesian citizens who were Catholic. This number represents only 3.07% of the total population of 275.36 million.

The Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs recorded that the population of Papua who were Catholic numbered 6,981,130 in June 2022.

This number constitutes 10.38% of the total population of 4.36 million in June 2022. This is higher than the number in three other provinces in the Maluku and Papua region.

The next province with the largest number of Catholic adherents is Maluku, with 129,400 (6.86%) out of a total population of 1.89 million. Then Papua Barat with 89,850 Catholic adherents (7.74%) out of a total population of 1.16 million. Meanwhile, in North Maluku, there were 6,980 Catholic adherents (0.52%) out of a population of 1.34 million.

In total, the number of Catholic adherents in these four provinces was 907,380 (10.38%) of a total population of 8.74 million. 75.07% of Catholics in the Maluku and Papua region reside in Papua Province, 14.25% in Maluku Province, 9.9% in West Papua Province, and 0.77% in North Maluku Province.

Editor : Annissa Mutia

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