5.6% of the population in Simalungun Regency is Catholic.
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The Catholic population in Simalungun Regency, as of December 31, 2023, was recorded at 57,719 people. This number is a decrease of 13,441 individuals compared to the previous year's reported figure of 71,160.
According to data from the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Ditjen Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the proportion of Catholics in this regency/city reached 5.6 percent of the total population in 2024, which was 1.02 million.
Considering the distribution across the population of each region in North Sumatra, the proportion of Catholics in Simalungun Regency ranks fourth.
Meanwhile, the population of North Sumatra by religion in 2023 was:
* Islam: 584,987 (57.21%)
* Protestant: 380,134 (37.17%)
* Catholic: 57,719 (5.64%)
* Buddhist: 2,204 (0.22%)
* Indigenous Beliefs: 523 (0.05%)
* Hindu: 192 (0.02%)
* Confucian: 55 (0.01%)
Other regencies/cities in North Sumatra with the largest Catholic populations, in descending order, are: South Nias Regency (71,097), Medan City (63,276), Karo Regency (61,454), Deli Serdang Regency (56,220), Samosir Regency (54,250), West Tapanuli Regency (45,287), Dairi Regency (37,671), Humbang Hasundutan Regency (27,328), North Nias Regency (22,591), and West Nias Regency (18,765).
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