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=== Religion === {{Main|Religion in Tokelau}} [[File:Tokelau Nukuono Church 20070716.jpg|thumb|[[Nukunonu Church]] on Nukunonu in Tokelau]] Tokelau is predominantly Christian<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spc.int/prism/country/tk/stats/Reports/2006censusrpts/2006%20Census%20Tabular%20Report%20-%20Final.pdf |title=2006 Tokelau Census of Population and Dwellings|date=20 December 2006|access-date=11 November 2009|pages=Table 2.5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012041242/http://www.spc.int/prism/country/tk/stats/Reports/2006censusrpts/2006%20Census%20Tabular%20Report%20-%20Final.pdf|archive-date=12 October 2013}}</ref> with majority belonging to either Congregational Christian Church (Ekalehia Fakalapotopotoga Kelihiano Tokelau) or Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Culture |url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/About+Us/Culture.html |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.tokelau.org.nz}}</ref> In 2016, 50.4% of responents belonged to Congregational Christian Church, 38.7% were [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], 5.9% were [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]], 4.2% were other Christian and 0.8% were unspecified.<ref>{{Citation |title=Tokelau |date=2024-10-03 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tokelau/#:~:text=Congregational%20Christian%20Church%2050.4%25,%20Roman,0.8%25%20(2016%20est.) |access-date=2024-10-06 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> Majority of resident population of [[Atafu atoll|Atafu]] (78.3%) and [[Fakaofo]] (62.7%) identified as Congregational Christians. While the majority of residents in [[Nukunonu]] (81.8%) identified as Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokelau Population and Housing Census 2016 β Tokelau Census 2016: Final population counts β Pacific Data Hub |url=https://pacificdata.org/data/dataset/spc_tkl_2016_phc_v02_m/resource/46f141a3-71a6-4e75-9c7f-524df2dc854f |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=pacificdata.org |language=en}}</ref>
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