Population in Bali

Over 3 million people live in Bali nowadays and most of them overwhelming Denpasar as its capital city of Bali Province. Hindu is the most embraced religion in Bali (almost 90%). Next is Islam. Muslims are mostly come from surrounding island like Java and Lombok although there are some muslims who dwelled Bali since centuries ago.

Urban people from outside Bali are growing faster from year to year. That because of fast growing tourism industry in Bali especially in Denpasar, Gianyar, Klungkung, and Badung. But after bombing tragedy at 2002, tourism climate decreased dramatically, caused many people unemployed, hotels and restaurant closed.

Most people live in the coastal areas in the South, and the island's largest town and administrative center is fast growing Denpasar with a population of now over 370,000. The villages between the town of Ubud and Denpasar.

Kuta (including Jimbaran, Tuban, and Legian, Seminyak, Basangkasa, etc), Sanur, and Nusa Dua are spreading rapidly in all directions, and before long the whole area from Ubud in the North to Sanur in the East, Berawa/Canggu in the West, and Nusa Dua in the South will be urbanized.

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