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Percentage of Buddhists by country, according to thePew Research Center

This list shows the distribution of theBuddhist religion, practiced by about 535 million people as of the 2010s,[4] representing 7% to 8% of the world's total population. It also includes other entities such as some territories.

Buddhism is theState religion in four countries —Cambodia,Myanmar,Bhutan andSri Lanka.[5] The religion also holds a special status in four countries —Thailand, Laos,Mongolia, andJapan.

Buddhism is the majority religion inCambodia,Japan,Myanmar,Bhutan,Sri Lanka,Thailand,Laos, andMongolia. It is also the most followed religion in certain nations or territories without any majority religion, such asMainland China,Hong Kong,[6]Macau,[7][8]Singapore,[9]Taiwan,Vietnam,[10] andKalmykia inRussia. Large Buddhist populations live in,South Korea,Nepal, andIndia.

Mahayana, also practised in broaderEast Asia, is followed by over half of the world's Buddhists.[1] The second largest body of Buddhist schools isTheravada, mostly followed inSoutheast Asia andSri Lanka.[1] The third largest body of schoolsVajrayana, is followed mostly inTibet,Bhutan,Nepal,Mongolia and parts ofRussia,[1] but is disseminated throughout the world. The fourth largest body of Buddhist schools is Navayana, mostly followed inMaharashtra,India.[11][12]

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Buddhist population by country (Pew Research Center)

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Buddhist population by country (Pew Research Center)[1]
Country/TerritoryPopulation% BuddhistNo. of Buddhists
AfghanistanAfghanistan31,410,000< 0.1%< 10,000
Albania Albania3,200,000< 0.1%< 10,000
AlgeriaAlgeria35,470,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 American Samoa70,0000.3%< 10,000
 Andorra80,000< 0.1%< 10,000
AngolaAngola19,080,000< 0.1%< 10,000
ArgentinaArgentina40,410,000< 0.1%20,000
 Armenia3,090,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Aruba110,0000.1%< 10,000
AustraliaAustralia22,270,0002.7%600,000
AustriaAustria8,390,0000.2%20,000
 Azerbaijan9,190,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Bahamas340,000< 0.1%< 10,000
BahrainBahrain1,260,0002.5%30,000
BangladeshBangladesh148,690,0000.6%1,001,000
 Barbados270,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Belarus9,600,000< 0.1%< 10,000
BelgiumBelgium10,710,0000.2%30,000
BelizeBelize310,0000.5%< 10,000
 Benin8,850,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Bermuda60,0000.5%< 10,000
BhutanBhutan730,00074.7%540,000
 Bolivia9,930,000< 0.1%< 10,000
BotswanaBotswana2,010,000< 0.1%< 10,000
BrazilBrazil194,950,0000.1%250,000
BruneiBrunei400,0008.6%30,000
BulgariaBulgaria7,490,000< 0.1%< 10,000
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso16,470,000< 0.1%< 10,000
CambodiaCambodia14,140,00096.9%13,690,000
CameroonCameroon19,600,000< 0.1%< 10,000
CanadaCanada34,020,0000.8%280,000
ChadChad11,230,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Chile17,110,000< 0.1%10,000
ChinaChina1,341,340,00018.2%244,130,000
 Colombia46,290,000< 0.1%< 10,000
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo65,970,000< 0.1%< 10,000
Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo4,040,000< 0.1%< 10,000
Costa RicaCosta Rica4,660,000< 0.1%< 10,000
Ivory CoastCôte d'Ivoire19,740,000< 0.1%< 10,000
CroatiaCroatia4,400,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Cuba11,260,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Cyprus1,100,0000.2%< 10,000
Czech RepublicCzech Republic10,490,000< 0.1%< 10,000
DenmarkDenmark5,550,0000.2%10,000
 Dominica70,0000.1%< 10,000
 Dominican Republic< 0.1%< 10,000
 Ecuador< 0.1%< 10,000
EgyptEgypt< 0.1%< 10,000
El SalvadorEl Salvador< 0.1%< 10,000
 Estonia< 0.1%< 10,000
EthiopiaEthiopia< 0.1%?
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands< 0.1%?
 Federated States of Micronesia110,0000.4%< 10,000
 Fiji< 0.1%< 10,000
FinlandFinland< 0.1%< 10,000
FranceFrance62,790,0000.5%280,000
 French Guiana< 0.1%< 10,000
 French Polynesia< 0.1%< 10,000
GermanyGermany82,300,0000.3%210,000
GhanaGhana< 0.1%< 10,000
GreeceGreece< 0.1%< 10,000
 Guam180,0001.1%< 10,000
GuatemalaGuatemala< 0.1%< 10,000
GuineaGuinea< 0.1%< 10,000
 Guyana< 0.1%< 10,000
 Haiti< 0.1%< 10,000
HondurasHonduras7,600,0000.1%< 10,000
Hong KongHong Kong7,050,00013.2%930,000
HungaryHungary< 0.1%< 10,000
IcelandIceland320,0000.4%< 10,000
IndiaIndia1,224,610,0000.8%9,250,000
IndonesiaIndonesia266,535,0000.71%2,062,150
IranIran< 0.1%< 10,000
IraqIraq< 0.1%< 10,000
 Ireland4,470,0000.2%< 10,000
IsraelIsrael7,420,0000.3%20,000
ItalyItaly60,550,0000.2%110,000
 Jamaica2,740,000< 0.1%< 10,000
JapanJapan126,540,00036.2%45,820,000
JordanJordan6,190,0000.4%20,000
KazakhstanKazakhstan16,030,0000.2%40,000
KenyaKenya< 0.1%< 10,000
North KoreaNorth Korea24,350,0001.5%370,000
South KoreaSouth Korea48,180,00022.9%11,050,000
KuwaitKuwait2,740,0002.8%80,000
KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan< 0.1%< 10,000
LaosLaos6,200,00066.1%4,100,000
 Latvia< 0.1%< 10,000
LebanonLebanon4,230,0000.2%< 10,000
LesothoLesotho< 0.1%< 10,000
LiberiaLiberia< 0.1%< 10,000
LibyaLibya6,360,0000.3%20,000
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein< 0.1%< 10,000
 Lithuania< 0.1%< 10,000
 Luxembourg< 0.1%< 10,000
MacauMacau540,00017.3%90,000
MadagascarMadagascar< 0.1%< 10,000
MalawiMalawi< 0.1%< 10,000
MalaysiaMalaysia28,400,00019.8%5,010,000
MaldivesMaldives320,0000.6%< 10,000
MaliMali< 0.1%< 10,000
 Malta< 0.1%< 10,000
 Martinique< 0.1%< 10,000
MauritiusMauritius< 0.1%< 10,000
MexicoMexico< 0.1%< 10,000
MongoliaMongolia2,760,00055.1%1,520,000
 Montenegro< 0.1%< 10,000
MoroccoMorocco< 0.1%< 10,000
MozambiqueMozambique< 0.1%< 10,000
MyanmarMyanmar (Burma)47,960,00089.9%38,410,000
NamibiaNamibia< 0.1%< 10,000
 Nauru10,0001.1%< 10,000
NepalNepal29,960,0008.2%2,420,000
NetherlandsNetherlands16,610,0000.2%40,000
 New Caledonia250,0000.6%< 10,000
New ZealandNew Zealand4,370,0001.1%52,779
NicaraguaNicaragua< 0.1%< 10,000
NigeriaNigeria158,420,000< 0.1%10,000
 North Macedonia< 0.1%< 10,000
 Northern Mariana Islands60,00010.6%< 10,000
NorwayNorway4,880,0000.6%30,000
OmanOman2,780,0000.8%20,000
PakistanPakistan173,590,000< 0.1%20,000
 Palau20,0000.8%< 10,000
PalestinePalestine< 0.1%< 10,000
PanamaPanama3,520,0000.2%< 10,000
 Papua New Guinea< 0.1%< 10,000
 Paraguay< 0.1%< 10,000
 Peru29,080,0000.2%50,000
PhilippinesPhilippines93,260,000< 0.1%40,000
PolandPoland< 0.1%< 10,000
 Portugal10,680,0000.6%60,000
 Puerto Rico3,750,0000.3%10,000
QatarQatar1,760,0003.1%50,000
Réunion Réunion850,0000.2%< 10,000
 Romania< 0.1%< 10,000
RussiaRussia142,960,0000.1%170,000
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia27,450,0000.3%90,000
SenegalSenegal12,430,0000.3%< 10,000
 Serbia< 0.1%< 10,000
SeychellesSeychelles< 0.1%< 10,000
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone5,870,0000.3%< 10,000
SingaporeSingapore5,090,00033.9%1,730,000
SlovakiaSlovakia< 0.1%< 10,000
SloveniaSlovenia< 0.1%< 10,000
 Solomon Islands540,0000.3%< 10,000
South AfricaSouth Africa50,130,0000.2%100,000
 Spain< 0.1%< 10,000
Sri LankaSri Lanka20,860,00069.3%14,450,000
SudanSudan< 0.1%< 10,000
 Suriname520,0000.6%< 10,000
EswatiniSwaziland< 0.1%< 10,000
SwedenSweden9,380,0000.4%40,000
SwitzerlandSwitzerland7,660,0000.4%30,000
TaiwanTaiwan23,220,00021.3%4,950,000
TajikistanTajikistan< 0.1%< 10,000
TanzaniaTanzania< 0.1%< 10,000
ThailandThailand69,120,00093.2%64,420,000
TogoTogo< 0.1%< 10,000
 Tonga100,000< 0.1%< 10,000
TunisiaTunisia< 0.1%< 10,000
 Trinidad and Tobago1,340,0000.3%< 10,000
TurkeyTurkey72,750,000< 0.1%40,000
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan< 0.1%< 10,000
 Tuvalu< 0.1%< 10,000
UgandaUganda< 0.1%< 10,000
UkraineUkraine45,450,000< 0.1%20,000
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates7,510,0002.0%150,000
United KingdomUnited Kingdom62,040,0000.4%240,000
United StatesUnited States310,380,0001.2%3,570,000
 Uruguay< 0.1%< 10,000
United States Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands< 0.1%< 10,000
UzbekistanUzbekistan27,440,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Vanuatu< 0.1%< 10,000
VenezuelaVenezuela< 0.1%< 10,000
VietnamVietnam87,850,00016.4%14,380,000
YemenYemen< 0.1%< 10,000
ZambiaZambia< 0.1%< 10,000
ZimbabweZimbabwe< 0.1%< 10,000
World6,895,890,00010.34%713,085,929

Buddhist population by country (Other data)

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Buddhist population by country (Other data)
Country/territoryPopulation% BuddhistNo. of BuddhistsYearSource
 Argentina47,327,4072022National census
 Australia25,422,7882.4%615,8002021National census[13]
 Bangladesh165,158,6160.61%2022National census[14]
 Belgium0.3%2018Other[15]
 Bhutan735,5532017National census
 Cambodia97.9%2013Other[16]
 Canada1.1%366,8302011Census[17][18]
 China4%42,000,0002023Studies[19]
 Costa Rica2.34%100,0002012Other[20]
 Denmark1.1%64,0002018Other[21]
 Germany270,0002016Other[22]
 India1,210,854,9770.7%8,442,9722011National census
 Italy0.3%160,000Caritas Italiana[23]
 Japan67.0%84,336,5392018ACA Religious Yearbook[24]
67.2%2020CIA Factbook[25]
 Kuwait4.0%100,0002006Other[26]
 Macau80.0%455,0002012Government report[27]
 MongoliaUp to 93.0%Other[28]
 Myanmar50,279,90089.8%45,185,4492014National census[29]
 Oman1.2%30,501Other[30]
 Philippines1,861,600Other[31]
 Russia0.6%866,5002016Other[32]
 Saudi Arabia1.5%414,0162007Other[33]
 Singapore4,044,21031.1%1,257,7492020National census
 Sri Lanka20,359,43970.2%14,272,0562011National census[34]
 Sweden0.7%57,0642020Other[35]
 Taiwan35.0%8,050,0002006Other[36]
 Thailand67,706,04893.5%63,299,1932018National census
94.5%63,620,2982015Census[37]
 United Arab Emirates5.0%222,2012006Other[38][39]
 VietnamUp to 66.7%Other[40]

By region

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Buddhism by region in 2010[1]
RegionEstimated total populationEstimated Buddhist population%
Asia-Pacific4,054,990,000481,290,00011.9%
North America344,530,0003,860,0001.1%
Europe742,550,0001,330,0000.2%
Middle East-North Africa341,020,000500,0000.1%
Latin America-Caribbean590,080,000410,000<0.1%
Total6,895,890,000487,540,0007.1%

Ten countries with the largest Buddhist populations

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Countries with the largest Buddhist populations as of 2010, according to Pew Research Center[1]
CountryEstimated Buddhist population% of the total population of the country% of world Buddhist population
 China244,130,00018.2%50.1%
 Thailand64,420,00094.5%13.2%
 Japan45,820,00036.2%9.4%
 Myanmar38,410,00087.9%7.9%
 Vietnam14,910,00014.9%2.9%
 Sri Lanka14,450,00070.2%3.0%
 Cambodia13,690,00096.9%2.8%
 South Korea11,050,00022.9%2.3%
 India9,250,0000.8%1.9%
 Malaysia5,010,00019.8%1.0%
Subtotal for the ten countries460,620,000(% of total of all ten countries) 15.3%94.5%
Subtotal for the rest of the world26,920,000(% of rest of world population) 0.4%5.5%
World total487,540,0007.1%100%

See also

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General:

References

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