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Buddhism by country

Summary

This list of Buddhism by country shows the distribution of the Buddhist 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.

China40.5/
Percentage of Buddhists by country, according to the Pew Research Center.

Buddhism is the official religion in four countries, Bhutan, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.[5] The religion also holds a special status in two countries, Thailand and Laos.

Buddhism is the majority religion in Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia, and Laos. It is also the most followed religion in certain nations or territories without any majority religion, such as Mainland China, Hong Kong,[6] Japan,[7] Tibet, Macau,[8] Singapore,[9] Taiwan, Kalmykia, and Vietnam.[10] Large Buddhist populations live in North Korea, Nepal, India and South Korea. China has the largest population of Buddhists, approximately 244 million or 18.2% of its total population.[1] They are mostly followers of Chinese schools of Mahayana, making this the largest body of Buddhist traditions.

Mahayana, also practised in broader East Asia, is followed by over half of the world's Buddhists.[1] The second largest body of Buddhist schools is Theravada, mostly followed in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.[1] The third largest body of schools Vajrayana, is followed mostly in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Mongolia and parts of Russia,[1] but is disseminated throughout the world. The fourth largest body of Buddhist schools is Navayana, mostly followed in Maharashtra, India.[11][12]

By country edit

Buddhist population by country
Country/Territory Most recent national census data Pew estimates (2010)[1] Other estimates
Population % Buddhist No. of Buddhists Census Year Population % Buddhist No. of Buddhists
  Afghanistan 31,410,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Albania 3,200,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Algeria 35,470,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  American Samoa 70,000 0.3% < 10,000
  Andorra 80,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Angola 19,080,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Argentina 47,327,407 2022 40,410,000 < 0.1% 20,000
  Armenia 3,090,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Aruba 110,000 0.1% < 10,000
  Australia 25,422,788 2.4% 615,800 2021[13] 22,270,000 2.7% 600,000
  Austria 8,390,000 0.2% 20,000
  Azerbaijan 9,190,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Bahamas 340,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Bahrain 1,260,000 2.5% 30,000
  Bangladesh 165,158,616 0.61% 2022[14] 148,690,000 0.5% 720,000
  Barbados 270,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Belarus 9,600,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Belgium 10,710,000 0.2% 30,000 0.3% (2018)[15]
  Belize 310,000 0.5% < 10,000
  Benin 8,850,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Bermuda 60,000 0.5% < 10,000
  Bhutan 735,553 2017 730,000 74.7% 540,000
  Bolivia 9,930,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Botswana 2,010,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Brazil 194,950,000 0.1% 250,000
  Brunei 400,000 8.6% 30,000
  Bulgaria 7,490,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Burkina Faso 16,470,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Cambodia 14,140,000 97.9% 13,690,000 97.9% (2013)[16]
  Cameroon 19,600,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Canada 34,020,000 0.8% 280,000 1.1% / 366,830 (2011 Census)[17][18]
  Chad 11,230,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Chile 17,110,000 < 0.1% 10,000
  China 1,341,340,000 18.2% 244,130,000 18.3% / 254,700,000 (2020)[19]
  Colombia 46,290,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Democratic Republic of the Congo 65,970,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Republic of the Congo 4,040,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Costa Rica 4,660,000 < 0.1% < 10,000 2.34% / 100,000 (2012)[20]
  Côte d'Ivoire 19,740,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Croatia 4,400,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Cuba 11,260,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Cyprus 1,100,000 0.2% < 10,000
  Czech Republic 10,490,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Denmark 5,550,000 0.2% 10,000 1.1% / 64,000 (2018)[21]
  Dominica 70,000 0.1% < 10,000
  Dominican Republic < 0.1% < 10,000
  Ecuador < 0.1% < 10,000
  Egypt < 0.1% < 10,000
  El Salvador < 0.1% < 10,000
  Estonia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Ethiopia < 0.1% <
  Falkland Islands < 0.1% ¿?
  Federated States of Micronesia 110,000 0.4% < 10,000
  Fiji < 0.1% < 10,000
  Finland < 0.1% < 10,000
  France 62,790,000 0.5% 280,000
  French Guiana < 0.1% < 10,000
  French Polynesia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Germany 82,300,000 0.3% 210,000 270,000 (2016)[22]
  Ghana < 0.1% < 10,000
  Greece < 0.1% < 10,000
  Guam 180,000 1.1% < 10,000
  Guatemala < 0.1% < 10,000
  Guinea < 0.1% < 10,000
  Guyana < 0.1% < 10,000
  Haiti < 0.1% < 10,000
  Honduras 7,600,000 0.1% < 10,000
  Hong Kong 7,050,000 13.2% 930,000
  Hungary < 0.1% < 10,000
  Iceland 320,000 0.4% < 10,000
  India 1,210,854,977 0.7% 8,442,972 2011 1,224,610,000 0.8% 9,250,000
  Indonesia 266,535,000 0.8% 2,062,150
  Iran < 0.1% < 10,000
  Iraq < 0.1% < 10,000
  Ireland 4,470,000 0.2% < 10,000
  Israel 7,420,000 0.3% 20,000
  Italy 60,550,000 0.2% 110,000 0.3% / 160,000 (According to Caritas Italiana)[23]
  Jamaica 2,740,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Japan 126,540,000 36.2% 45,820,000 67% or 84,336,539 (2018, ACA Religious Yearbook);[24] less than 20% (2017, JGSS)[25]
  Jordan 6,190,000 0.4% 20,000
  Kazakhstan 16,030,000 0.2% 40,000
  Kenya < 0.1% < 10,000
  North Korea 24,350,000 1.5% 370,000
  South Korea 48,180,000 22.9% 11,050,000
  Kuwait 2,740,000 2.8% 80,000 4% / 100,000 (2006)[26]
  Kyrgyzstan < 0.1% < 10,000
  Laos 6,200,000 66.1% 4,100,000
  Latvia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Lebanon 4,230,000 0.2% < 10,000
  Lesotho < 0.1% < 10,000
  Liberia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Libya 6,360,000 0.3% 20,000
  Liechtenstein < 0.1% < 10,000
  Lithuania < 0.1% < 10,000
  Luxembourg < 0.1% < 10,000
  Macau 540,000 17.3% 90,000 80% / 455,000 (2012 government report)[27]
  Madagascar < 0.1% < 10,000
  Malawi < 0.1% < 10,000
  Malaysia 28,400,000 19.8% 5,010,000
  Maldives 320,000 0.6% < 10,000
  Mali < 0.1% < 10,000
  Malta < 0.1% < 10,000
  Martinique < 0.1% < 10,000
  Mauritius < 0.1% < 10,000
  Mexico < 0.1% < 10,000
  Mongolia 2,760,000 55.1% 1,520,000 Up to 93%[28]
  Montenegro < 0.1% < 10,000
  Morocco < 0.1% < 10,000
  Mozambique < 0.1% < 10,000
  Myanmar (Burma) 50,279,900 89.8% 45,185,449 2014[29] 47,960,000 89.9% 38,410,000
  Namibia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Nauru 10,000 1.1% < 10,000
  Nepal 29,960,000 10.3% 3,080,000
  Netherlands 16,610,000 0.2% 40,000
  New Caledonia 250,000 0.6% < 10,000
  New Zealand 4,370,000 1.6% 70,000
  Nicaragua < 0.1% < 10,000
  Nigeria 158,420,000 < 0.1% 10,000
  North Macedonia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Northern Mariana Islands 60,000 10.6% < 10,000
  Norway 4,880,000 0.6% 30,000
  Oman 2,780,000 0.8% 20,000 1.20% / 30,501[30]
  Pakistan 173,590,000 < 0.1% 20,000
  Palau 20,000 0.8% < 10,000
  Palestine < 0.1% < 10,000
  Panama 3,520,000 0.2% < 10,000
  Papua New Guinea < 0.1% < 10,000
  Paraguay < 0.1% < 10,000
  Peru 29,080,000 0.2% 50,000
  Philippines 93,260,000 2% 1,861,600 1,861,600[31]
  Poland < 0.1% < 10,000
  Portugal 10,680,000 0.6% 60,000
  Puerto Rico 3,750,000 0.3% 10,000
  Qatar 1,760,000 3.1% 50,000
  Réunion 850,000 0.2% < 10,000
  Romania < 0.1% < 10,000
  Russia 142,960,000 0.1% 170,000 0.6% / 866,500 (2016)[32]
  Saudi Arabia 27,450,000 0.3% 90,000 1.5% / 414,016 (2007)[33]
  Senegal 12,430,000 0.3% < 10,000
  Serbia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Seychelles < 0.1% < 10,000
  Sierra Leone 5,870,000 0.3% < 10,000
  Singapore 4,044,210 31.1% 1,257,749 2020 5,090,000 33.9% 1,730,000
  Slovakia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Slovenia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Solomon Islands 540,000 0.3% < 10,000
  South Africa 50,130,000 0.2% 100,000
  Spain < 0.1% < 10,000
  Sri Lanka 20,359,439 70.2% 14,272,056 2011[34] 20,860,000 69.3% 14,450,000
  Sudan < 0.1% < 10,000
  Suriname 520,000 0.6% < 10,000
  Swaziland < 0.1% < 10,000
  Sweden 9,380,000 0.4% 40,000
  Switzerland 7,660,000 0.4% 30,000
  Taiwan 23,220,000 21.3% 4,950,000 35% / 8,050,000 (2006)[35]
  Tajikistan < 0.1% < 10,000
  Tanzania < 0.1% < 10,000
  Thailand 67,706,048 93.5% 63,299,193 2018 69,120,000 93.2% 64,420,000 94.5% / 63,620,298 (2015 census)[36]
  Togo < 0.1% < 10,000
  Tonga 100,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Tunisia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Trinidad and Tobago 1,340,000 0.3% < 10,000
  Turkey 72,750,000 < 0.1% 40,000
  Turkmenistan < 0.1% < 10,000
  Tuvalu < 0.1% < 10,000
  Uganda < 0.1% < 10,000
  Ukraine 45,450,000 < 0.1% 20,000
  United Arab Emirates 7,510,000 2% 150,000 5% / 222,201 (2006)[37][38]
  United Kingdom 62,040,000 0.4% 240,000
  United States 310,380,000 1.2% 3,570,000
  Uruguay < 0.1% < 10,000
  US Virgin Islands < 0.1% < 10,000
  Uzbekistan 27,440,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
  Vanuatu < 0.1% < 10,000
  Venezuela < 0.1% < 10,000
  Vietnam 87,850,000 16.4% 14,380,000 Up to two-thirds[39]
  Yemen < 0.1% < 10,000
  Zambia < 0.1% < 10,000
  Zimbabwe < 0.1% < 10,000
World 6,895,890,000 7.1% 487,540,000

By region edit

Buddhism by region in 2010[1]
Region Estimated total population Estimated Buddhist population %
Asia-Pacific 4,054,990,000 481,290,000 11.9%
North America 344,530,000 3,860,000 1.1%
Europe 742,550,000 1,330,000 0.2%
Middle East-North Africa 341,020,000 500,000 0.1%
Latin America-Caribbean 590,080,000 410,000 <0.1%
Total 6,895,890,000 487,540,000 7.1%

Ten countries with the largest Buddhist populations edit

Countries with the largest Buddhist populations as of 2010, according to Pew Research Center[1]
Country Estimated Buddhist population % of the total population of the country % of world Buddhist population
  China 244,130,000 18.2% 50.1%
  Thailand 64,420,000 94.5% 13.2%
  Japan 45,820,000 36.2% 9.4%
  Myanmar 38,410,000 87.9% 7.9%
  Vietnam 14,910,000 14.9% 2.9%
  Sri Lanka 14,450,000 70.2% 3.0%
  Cambodia 13,690,000 96.9% 2.8%
  South Korea 11,050,000 22.9% 2.3%
  India 9,250,000 0.8% 1.9%
  Malaysia 5,010,000 19.8% 1.0%
Subtotal for the ten countries 460,620,000 (% of total of all ten countries) 15.3% 94.5%
Subtotal for the rest of the world 26,920,000 (% of rest of world population) 0.4% 5.5%
World total 487,540,000 7.1% 100%

See also edit

 
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External links edit

  • The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2010
  • CIA FactBook Archived 10 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  • adherents.com

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