Buddhism by country

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Percentage of Buddhists by country in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center

This list shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 320 million, representing 4.1% of the world's total population Template:Asof.[1] By sheer numbers, Thailand accounts for the largest portion of the global Buddhist population,[2] It is the state religion in four countries — Cambodia, Myanmar, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.[3] Pew Research stated that Buddhism was the only religion to have declined in their 2010 to 2020 report covering the global religious landscape.[4]

Mahayana, the largest branch of Buddhism, is followed by around 53% of Buddhists, mainly centered in East Asia whereas the second-largest branch Theravada is mostly followed in Mainland Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka with around 36% population as of 2010.[5] Other smaller schools such as Navayana are scantly followed in India.[6][7][8]

By country

Ten countries with the largest Buddhist populations

Countries with the largest Buddhist populations as of 2020, according to Pew Research Center[9]
Country Estimated Buddhist population % of Buddhist share of the country's population % of world Buddhist population
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 67,620,000 94.4% 20.9%
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 53,380,000 3.7% 16.5%
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 47,210,000 89.1% 14.6%
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 46,990,000 37.2% 14.5%
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 22,580,000 23.0% 7.0%
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 16,240,000 97.1% 5.0%
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 15,700,000 69.6% 4.8%
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 9,850,000 19.0% 3.0%
File:Flag of India.svg India 9,550,000 0.7% 2.9%
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 6,400,000 18.9% 2.0%
Subtotal for the ten countries 295,530,000 (% of total of all ten countries) 8.9% 91.2%
Subtotal for the rest of the world 28,660,000 (% of rest of world population) 0.6% 8.8%
World total 324,190,000 4.1% 100%

Buddhist population by country in 2010 (Pew Research Center)

Buddhist population by country (Pew Research Center)
Country/Territory Population % Buddhist No. of Buddhists
Template:Flagicon Afghanistan 31,410,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Albania 3,200,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Algeria 35,470,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 70,000 0.3% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 80,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Angola 19,080,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Argentina 40,410,000 < 0.1% 20,000
Template:Flagu 3,090,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 110,000 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Australia 22,270,000 2.7% 600,000
Template:Flagicon Austria 8,390,000 0.2% 20,000
Template:Flagu 9,190,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 340,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Bahrain 1,260,000 2.5% 30,000
Template:Flagicon Bangladesh 148,690,000 0.6% 1,001,000
Template:Flagu 270,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 9,600,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Belgium 10,710,000 0.2% 30,000
Template:Flagicon Belize 310,000 0.5% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 8,850,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 60,000 0.5% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Bhutan 730,000 74.7% 540,000
Template:Flagu 9,930,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Botswana 2,010,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Brazil 194,950,000 0.1% 250,000
Template:Flagicon Brunei 400,000 8.6% 30,000
Template:Flagicon Bulgaria 7,490,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Burkina Faso 16,470,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Cambodia 14,140,000 96.9% 13,690,000
Template:Flagicon Cameroon 19,600,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Canada 34,020,000 0.8% 280,000
Template:Flagicon Chad 11,230,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 17,110,000 < 0.1% 10,000
Template:Flagicon China 1,341,340,000 18.2% 244,130,000
Template:Flagu 46,290,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Democratic Republic of the Congo 65,970,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Republic of the Congo 4,040,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Costa Rica 4,660,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Côte d'Ivoire 19,740,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Croatia 4,400,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 11,260,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 1,100,000 0.2% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Czech Republic 10,490,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Denmark 5,550,000 0.2% 10,000
Template:Flagu 70,000 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 9,930,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Egypt < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon El Salvador < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Ethiopia < 0.1% ?
Template:Flagicon Falkland Islands < 0.1% ?
Template:Flagu 110,000 0.4% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Finland < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon France 62,790,000 0.5% 280,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Germany 82,300,000 0.3% 210,000
Template:Flagicon Ghana < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Greece < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 180,000 1.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Guatemala < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Guinea < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Honduras 7,600,000 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Hong Kong 7,050,000 13.2% 930,000
Template:Flagicon Hungary < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Iceland 320,000 0.4% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon India 1,224,610,000 0.8% 9,250,000
Template:Flagicon Indonesia 266,535,000 0.71% 2,062,150
Template:Flagicon Iran < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Iraq < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 4,470,000 0.2% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Israel 7,420,000 0.3% 20,000
Template:Flagicon Italy 60,550,000 0.2% 110,000
Template:Flagu 2,740,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Japan 126,540,000 36.2% 45,820,000
Template:Flagicon Jordan 6,190,000 0.4% 20,000
Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan 16,030,000 0.2% 40,000
Template:Flagicon Kenya < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon North Korea 24,350,000 1.5% 370,000
Template:Flagicon South Korea 48,180,000 22.9% 11,050,000
Template:Flagicon Kuwait 2,740,000 2.8% 80,000
Template:Flagicon Kyrgyzstan < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Laos 6,200,000 66.1% 4,100,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Lebanon 4,230,000 0.2% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Lesotho < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Liberia < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Libya 6,360,000 0.3% 20,000
Template:Flagicon Liechtenstein < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Macau 540,000 17.3% 90,000
Template:Flagicon Madagascar < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Malawi < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Malaysia 28,400,000 19.8% 5,010,000
Template:Flagicon Maldives 320,000 0.6% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Mali < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Mauritius < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Mexico < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Mongolia 2,760,000 55.1% 1,520,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Morocco < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Mozambique < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Myanmar (Burma) 47,960,000 89.9% 38,410,000
Template:Flagicon Namibia < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 10,000 1.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Nepal 29,960,000 10.3% 2,420,000
Template:Flagicon Netherlands 16,610,000 0.2% 40,000
Template:Flagu 250,000 0.6% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon New Zealand 4,370,000 1.1% 52,779
Template:Flagicon Nicaragua < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Nigeria 158,420,000 < 0.1% 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 60,000 10.6% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Norway 4,880,000 0.6% 30,000
Template:Flagicon Oman 2,780,000 0.8% 20,000
Template:Flagicon Pakistan 173,590,000 < 0.1% 20,000
Template:Flagu 20,000 0.8% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Palestine < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Panama 3,520,000 0.2% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 29,080,000 0.2% 50,000
Template:Flagicon Philippines 93,260,000 < 0.1% 40,000
Template:Flagicon Poland < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 10,680,000 0.6% 60,000
Template:Flagu 3,750,000 0.3% 10,000
Template:Flagicon Qatar 1,760,000 3.1% 50,000
Template:Flagicon Réunion 850,000 0.2% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Russia 142,960,000 0.1% 170,000
Template:Flagicon Saudi Arabia 27,450,000 0.3% 90,000
Template:Flagicon Senegal 12,430,000 0.3% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Seychelles < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Sierra Leone 5,870,000 0.3% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Singapore 5,090,000 33.9% 1,730,000
Template:Flagicon Slovakia < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Slovenia < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 540,000 0.3% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon South Africa 50,130,000 0.2% 100,000
Template:FlagiconSpain < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Sri Lanka 20,860,000 69.3% 14,450,000
Template:Flagicon Sudan < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 520,000 0.6% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Swaziland < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Sweden 9,380,000 0.4% 40,000
Template:Flagicon Switzerland 7,660,000 0.4% 30,000
Template:Flagicon Taiwan 23,220,000 21.3% 4,950,000
Template:Flagicon Tajikistan < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Tanzania < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Thailand 69,120,000 93.2% 64,420,000
Template:Flagicon Togo < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 100,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Tunisia < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu 1,340,000 0.3% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Turkey 72,750,000 < 0.1% 40,000
Template:Flagicon Turkmenistan < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Uganda < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Ukraine 45,450,000 < 0.1% 20,000
Template:Flagicon United Arab Emirates 7,510,000 2.0% 150,000
Template:Flagicon United Kingdom 62,040,000 0.4% 240,000
Template:Flagicon United States 310,380,000 1.2% 3,570,000
Template:Flagicon Uruguay < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon US Virgin Islands < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Uzbekistan 27,440,000 < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagu < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Venezuela < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Vietnam 87,850,000 16.4% 14,380,000
Template:Flagicon Yemen < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Zambia < 0.1% < 10,000
Template:Flagicon Zimbabwe < 0.1% < 10,000
World 6,895,890,000 7.1% 487,540,000

Buddhist population by country (Other data)

Buddhist population by country (Other data)
Country/territory Population % Buddhist No. of Buddhists Year Source
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 47,327,407 2022 National census
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 25,422,788 2.4% 615,800 2021 National census[10]
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 165,158,616 0.61% 2022 National census[11]
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 0.3% 2018 Other[12]
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 735,553 2017 National census
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 97.9% 2013 Other[13]
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1.1% 366,830 2011 Census[14][15]
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 4% 42,000,000 2023 Studies[16]
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 2.34% 100,000 2012 Other[17]
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1.1% 64,000 2018 Other[18]
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 270,000 2016 Other[19]
File:Flag of India.svg India 1,210,854,977 0.7% 8,442,972 2011 National census
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 0.3% 160,000 Caritas Italiana[20]
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 67.0% 84,336,539 2018 ACA Religious Yearbook[21]
67.2% 2020 CIA Factbook[22]
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 4.0% 100,000 2006 Other[23]
File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau 80.0% 455,000 2012 Government report[24]
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Up to 93.0% Other[25]
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 50,279,900 89.8% 45,185,449 2014 National census[26]
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 1.2% 30,501 Other[27]
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 1,861,600 Other[28]
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 0.6% 866,500 2016 Other[29]
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1.5% 414,016 2007 Other[30]
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 4,044,210 31.1% 1,257,749 2020 National census
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 20,359,439 70.2% 14,272,056 2011 National census[31]
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 0.7% 57,064 2020 Other[32]
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 35.0% 8,050,000 2006 Other[33]
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 67,706,048 93.5% 63,299,193 2018 National census
94.5% 63,620,298 2015 Census[34]
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 5.0% 222,201 2006 Other[35][36]
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Up to 66.7% Other[37]

By region

Buddhism by region in 2010[38]
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%

See also

General:

References

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