section_path: Demographics/Religion/Christianity and other religions
section_name: Christianity and other religions
paragraph_text: Christianity and other religions
  
  Christians are the next largest religious minority after Hindus, constituting 1.27% of the population. They are concentrated in Lahore District (5%) and Islamabad Capital Territory (over 4%). Karachi hosts a historic Roman Catholic community established by Goan and Tamil migrants during British colonial rule.
  
  Following Christianity, the Bahá'í Faith had 30,000 followers in 2008, followed by Sikhism, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism, each with around 20,000 adherents in 2008, alongside a small Jain community.
  
  In 2005, 1% of the population identified as atheist. By 2012, this figure had risen to 2.0% according to Gallup.