Medium Growth Projection For 2006 and 2031
| 2006 | 2031 | % change (in numbers) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Total Population | 32,522,000 | 42,078,000 | +29.4 | ||
| Christian | 24,340,000 | 74.8 | 27,285,000 | 64.8 | +12.1 |
| - Roman Catholic | 13,830,000 | 42.5 | 15,389,000 | 36.6 | +11.3 |
| - Total Protestant | 8,970,000 | 27.6 | 8,973,000 | 21.3 | +0.0 |
| - Christian Orthodox | 566,000 | 1.7 | 978,000 | 2.3 | +72.8 |
| - Christian, not included elsewhere1 | 974,000 | 3.0 | 1,944,000 | 4.6 | +99.6 |
| No Religious Affiliation | 5,680,000 | 17.5 | 8,780,000 | 20.9 | +54.6 |
| Other | 2,501,000 | 7.7 | 6,013,000 | 14.3 | +140.4 |
| - Muslim | 884,000 | 2.7 | 2,870,000 | 6.8 | +224.7 |
| - Jewish | 348,000 | 1.1 | 421,000 | 1.0 | +21.0 |
| - Buddhist | 358,000 | 1.1 | 607,000 | 1.4 | +69.6 |
| - Hindu | 406,000 | 1.2 | 1,024,000 | 2.4 | +152.2 |
| - Sikh | 384,000 | 1.2 | 906,000 | 2.2 | +135.9 |
| - Other | 122,000 | 0.4 | 185,000 | 0.4 | +51.6 |
| 1 Includes persons who report “Christian”, “Apostolic”, “Born-again Christian” and “Evangelical”. Note: 2006 data has been projected from 2001 |
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