- Christianity in Kyrgyzstan
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity is the largest Christian dinomination in Kyrgyzstan with between 700,000 to 1.1 million followers which are made up of ethnic Russians and Ukrainians. A small minority of ethnic Germans are also Christian, mostly Lutheran and Anabaptist as well as a Roman Catholic community of approximately 600.[1] [1]
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References
Demographics of KyrgyzstanEthnic groups Major groupsKyrgyz (71.0%) · Uzbeks (14.3%) · Russians (7.8%) · Dungans (1.1%) · Uyghurs (0.9%) · Tajiks (0.9%) · Turks (0.7%) · Tatars (0.6%) · Kazakhs (0.6%) · Ukrainians (0.4%) · Koreans (0.3%) · Azeris (0.3%) · Germans (0.2%)Smaller groupsReligion Islam · Christianity (Roman Catholicism)Ethnic group statistics according to the 2009 census [2] Christianity in Asia Sovereign
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