Statistics on the Muslim Population in Bengkulu 2017-2024
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The Muslim population in Bengkulu Province, as of December 31, 2024, was recorded at 2.07 million. Compared to the previous year, the number of Muslims in the province increased by 35,739.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs' data, the proportion of Muslims in the province reached 97.8 percent of the total population in 2024, which was 2.11 million.
Based on the distribution across the population of each region in Sumatra, Bengkulu's proportion of Muslim residents ranks eighth.
Below is the population of Bengkulu by religion in 2024:
* Islam 2,066,774 (97.85%)
* Protestant 33,718 (1.6%)
* Catholic 8,160 (0.39%)
* Hindu 4,236 (0.2%)
* Buddhist 2,050 (0.1%)
* Confucian 8 (0.0%)
Other provinces in Sumatra with the largest Muslim populations are: North Sumatra 10,394,827, Lampung 8,732,010, South Sumatra 8,723,627, Riau 6,065,816, West Sumatra 5,647,211, Aceh 5,492,487, Jambi 3,608,236, Riau Islands 1,740,897, and Bangka Belitung Islands 1,391,050.
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