Religion

Niue is a predominantly Christian country and has many denominations. From the 2006 Census Ekalesia Niue is the main denomination with 62 percent of the population, then the Roman Catholics with 9 percent before other denominations.

Distribution of Niue's population by religion
Religion

 1986

 % 1991

 % 1997

 % 2001

 % 2006 %
Ekalesia Niue 1,749 69.1 1,588 70.9 1,330 63.7 1,093 63.0 956 62
Latter Day Saints 307 12.1 237 10.6 206 9.9 158 9.1 127 8
Roman Catholic 170 6.7 139 6.2 133 6.4 128 7.4 138 9
Jehovah Witness 33 1.3 47 2.1 46 2.2 43 2.5 28 2
Seven Day Adventist 77 3.0 46 2.1 51 2.4 25 1.4 6 0.4
Other 135 5.3 111 5.0 76 3.6 151 8.7 132 8.6
None/Not Stated/ Object 60 2.4 71 3.2 246 11.8 138 7.9 151 10
Total 2,531 100 2,239 100 2,088 100 1,736 100 1,538 100

Source: Statistics Niue - census of population

Date this website was last updated:Monday, 27 September 2010