[19] According to figures from the Vietnam General Statistics Office in 2009, 6.8 million (or 7.9% of the total population) are Buddhists, 5.7 million (6.6%) are Catholics, 1.4 million (1.7%) followed by Joao Hao, 0.8 million (0.9%) are practicing Cao Dai and 0.7 million (0.9%) are Protesters.In total, 15,651,467 Vietnamese (18.2%) are declared to belong to one religion.