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Status of religious population in South Korea in 2023 [ 1] No religion (52%) Christianity (32%) Buddhism (14%) Other (2%) Religion in South Korea is diverse. Most South Koreans have no religion. Christianity ( Protestantism and Catholicism) and Buddhism are the dominant confessions among those who affiliate with a formal religion.
Christianity is an important religion in regions including Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi-do, and Honam. There are four main denominations of Christianity in Korea: Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, and Catholic. Yeouido Full Gospel Church is the largest Pentecostal church in Korea.
The practice of Christianity in Korea is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 million [ 1][ 2] and 5.8 million [ 3] members, respectively. Christianity in the form of Catholicism was first introduced during the late Joseon Dynasty period by Confucian ...
Thus, when counting secular believers or those influenced by the faith while not following other religions, the number of Buddhists in South Korea is considered to be much larger. [12] Similarly, in officially atheist North Korea, while Buddhists officially account for 4.5% of the population, a much larger number (over 70%) of the population ...
Christianity is South Korea's largest organized religion, accounting for more than half of all South Korean adherents of religious organizations. There are approximately 13.5 million Christians in South Korea today; about two thirds of them belonging to Protestant churches, and the rest to the Catholic Church. [287]
The Republic of Korea is a member party to the UN multilateral treaty International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which provides that every individual has the right and freedom to adopt a religion or belief of his/ her choice and to manifest his/ her religion or belief either individually or in community with others, either in public or private (article 18), every individual ...
A mudang performing a kut ritual in Seoul, South Korea. Korean shamanism, or musok (무속; 巫俗), is one of the oldest religions in Korea, and still survives to this day. [24] Practitioners of Korean shamanism are usually female, though male shamans do exist as well. [25]
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