Statistics on the Buddhist Population in Lampung, 2015-2024
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The Buddhist population in Lampung Province, as recorded on December 31, 2024, was 23,665. Compared to the previous year, the number of Buddhists in the province decreased by 301.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs data, the proportion of Buddhists in the province reached 0.3 percent of the total population in 2024, which was 9.42 million.
Considering the distribution relative to the population of each region in Sumatra, the proportion of Buddhists in Lampung ranks seventh.
Meanwhile, the population of Lampung by religion in 2024 was:
* Islam: 8,732,010 (92.7%)
* Hindu: 127,619 (1.35%)
* Protestant: 121,510 (1.29%)
* Catholic: 77,035 (0.82%)
* Buddhist: 23,665 (0.25%)
* Confucian: 131 (0.0%)
Compared to other regions in Sumatra, the number of Buddhists in this province ranks seventh out of the 10 provinces on the island of Sumatra.
Other regions with the largest number of Buddhists on the island of Sumatra are North Sumatra (348,215), Riau Islands (149,056), Riau (136,414), South Sumatra (67,583), Bangka Belitung Islands (62,233), Jambi (33,764), Aceh (6,658), West Sumatra (3,273), and Bengkulu (2,050).
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