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==Religion== {{main|Religion in Dominica}} According to the 2001 census, 91.2% percent of the population of [[Dominica]] is considered [[Christianity|Christian]], 1.6% has a non-Christian religion and 6.1% has no religion or did not state a religion (1.1%).<ref name="2001 census"/> Roughly 58% of [[Christianity|Christians]] are [[Roman Catholics]], a reflection of early French influence on the island, and one third are [[Protestant]].<ref name=PEW10>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country|title=PEW Research Center: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country 2010|date=19 December 2011|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> The [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]] constitute the largest Protestant group, with 6.7% of the population. [[Seventh-day Adventists]] are the second largest group (6.1%). The next largest group are [[Pentecostals]] (5.6% of the population), followed by [[Baptists]] (4.1%). Other [[Christianity|Christians]] include [[Methodists#Caribbean|Methodists]] (3.7%), Church of God (1.2%), [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] (1.2%), [[Anglicanism]] (0.6%) and [[Brethren Christian]] (0.3%). During the past decades the number of [[Roman Catholics]] and [[Anglicans]] has decreased, while the number of other Protestants has increased, especially [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]], [[Seventh-day Adventists]], [[Pentecostals]] (5.6% of the population) and [[Baptists]].<ref name="2001 census"/> The number of non-Christians is small. These religious groups include the [[Rastafarian Movement]] (1.3% of the population), [[Hinduism in the West Indies|Hinduism]] (0.1%) and [[Muslims]] (0.2%).
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