The International Religious Freedom Report 2007, of U.S. Department of State, estimated that more than 8 million foreigners are living and working inSaudi Arabia, including Muslims and non-Muslims.^[1]

There are 400,000Sri Lankans, as well as a few thousandBuddhist workers fromEast Asia andSoutheast Asia, the majority of which are:Chinese,Vietnamese, andTaiwanese. There is also a possibility that a percentage ofNepalese immigrants also help make up the estimated 8 million foreign residents in Saudi Arabia.

This amount of foreign inhabitants makes about 1.5% of Saudi Arabia's population Buddhists, or around 400,000 nominal Buddhists, most likely giving Saudi Arabia the largest Buddhist community in theMiddle East orArab World.

The practice of Buddhism, like all religions other than Islam, is illegal in Saudi Arabia. Adherents must therefore practice only in private.^[2]

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