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What percentage of people in Indonesia are religious?
In the 2018 Indonesian governmental statistics, 86.7\% of Indonesians identified themselves as Muslim (with Sunnis about 99\%, Shias about 1\% and Ahmadis 0.2\%), 7.6\% Protestant Christian, 3.12\% Catholic Christian, 1.74\% Hindu, 0.77\% Buddhist, 0.03\% Confucians, 0.04\% others.
What is the dominant faith in Indonesia?
Muslim
Religion in Indonesia
| Percentage share (of total population) | Absolute numbers (in millions) | |
|---|---|---|
| Muslim | 87.2 | 207.2 |
| Protestant | 6.9 | 16.5 |
| Catholic | 2.9 | 6.9 |
| Hindu | 1.7 | 4.0 |
What is the human population of Indonesia?
The current population of Indonesia is 277,773,039 as of Wednesday, December 22, 2021, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data. Indonesia 2020 population is estimated at 273,523,615 people at mid year according to UN data.
Why is Indonesia’s population growing?
According to the 2010 census, roughly 2.6 million people live in that region. In the decade up to 2010, the two provinces experienced the fastest population growth in Indonesia. Over this time the population increased by 64 per cent due to increasing migration and a higher than average birth rate.
What is the distribution of Christianity in Indonesia?
Distribution. Christianity, a minority religion in Indonesia, is not evenly spread throughout the archipelago. Indonesian provinces with a majority of the population self-identifying as Christian are Papua, West Papua, East Nusa Tenggara, and North Sulawesi.
Is Indonesia’s Army trustworthy?
The navy and air force are trustworthy, but the army which leans heavily to the side of the Muslims is fearsome to Christians. Eighty-seven percent (174 million) of Indonesia’s 201 million people are Muslim the largest Muslim population of any country in the world.
What is the second largest religion in Indonesia after Islam?
This article needs to be updated. Christianity is Indonesia’s second-largest religion, after Islam. Indonesia also has the second-largest Christian population in Southeast Asia after the Philippines, the largest Protestant population in Southeast Asia, and the fourth-largest Christian population in Asia after the Philippines, India and China.
How many Christians are there in Kalimantan?
West Kalimantan province has 1.5 million Christians of its 4.4 million population. This population is 2/3 Catholic. Coastal regions of West Kalimantan have a Muslim majority, as well as significant Chinese Buddhist population, of up to 30\% (in Singkawang city).