Buddhism by country

Buddhism by country - Wikipedia

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

This list of Buddhism by country shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 500 million people as of the 2010s,[4] representing 7% to 8% of the world's total population.

Countries with Buddhists majorities include Cambodia (97.9%), Thailand (94.5%), Myanmar (87.9%), Bhutan (74.7%), Sri Lanka (70.2%), Japan (69.8%), and others. China is the country with 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.[1] The third largest body of schools Vajrayana, is followed mostly in Tibet, the Himalayan regionMongolia and parts of Russia,[1] but is disseminated throughout the world. The fourth largest body of Buddhist schools is Navayana, mostly followed in MaharashtraIndia.[5][6]

According to scholar Peter Harvey, the number of adherents of Eastern Buddhism (Mahayana) is 360 million, Southern Buddhism (Theravada) 150 million, and Northern Buddhism (Vajrayana) 18.2 million. Seven million additional Buddhists are found outside Asia.[3]

By country

Buddhist population by country
Country/TerritoryPopulation (2010)
Pew estimate[1]
% Buddhist (2010)
Pew estimate[1]
No. of Buddhists (2010)
Pew estimate[1]
No. of Buddhists
Other estimates
AfghanistanAfghanistan31,410,000< 0.1%< 10,000
AlbaniaAlbania3,200,000< 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
BangladeshBangladesh148,690,0000.5%720,0000.6% (2011 census)[7]
 Barbados270,000< 0.1%< 10,000
 Belarus9,600,000< 0.1%< 10,000
BelgiumBelgium10,710,0000.2%30,0000.3% (2018)[8]
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%13,690,00097.9% (2013)[9]
CameroonCameroon19,600,000< 0.1%< 10,000
CanadaCanada34,020,0000.8%280,0001.1% / 366,830 (2011 Census)[10][11]
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%< 10,0002.34% / 100,000 (2012)[12]
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%10,0001.1% / 64,000 (2018)[13]
 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%< 10,000
Falkland IslandsFalkland Islands< 0.1%< 10,000
 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%210,000270,000 (2016)[14]
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%9,250,0000.7% / 8,442,972 (2011 Census)
IndonesiaIndonesia239,870,0000.7%1,720,000
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%110,0000.3% / 160,000 (According to Caritas Italiana)[15]
 Jamaica2,740,000< 0.1%< 10,000
JapanJapan126,540,00036.2%45,820,00067% or 84,336,539 (2018, ACAReligious Yearbook)[16]
less than 20% (2017, JGSS)[17]
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%80,0004% / 100,000 (2006)[18]
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%90,00080% / 455,000 (2012 govt. report)[19]
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)47,960,00080.1%38,410,00087.9% (Census 2014)[20]
NamibiaNamibia< 0.1%< 10,000
 Nauru10,0001.1%< 10,000
NepalNepal29,960,00010.3%3,080,000
NetherlandsNetherlands16,610,0000.2%40,000
 New Caledonia250,0000.6%< 10,000
New ZealandNew Zealand4,370,0001.6%70,000
NicaraguaNicaragua< 0.1%< 10,000
NigeriaNigeria158,420,000< 0.1%10,000
 Northern Mariana Islands60,00010.6%< 10,000
 North Macedonia< 0.1%< 10,000
NorwayNorway4,880,0000.6%30,000
OmanOman2,780,0000.8%20,0001.20% / 30,501[21]
PakistanPakistan173,590,000< 0.1%20,000
 Palau20,0000.8%< 10,000
State of 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%80,00046,558 (2010 census)[22]
PolandPoland< 0.1%< 10,000
 Portugal10,680,0000.6%60,000
 Puerto Rico3,750,0000.3%10,000
QatarQatar1,760,0003.1%50,000
RéunionRéunion850,0000.2%< 10,000
 Romania< 0.1%< 10,000
RussiaRussia142,960,0000.1%170,0000.6% / 866,500 (2016)[23]
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia27,450,0000.3%90,0001.5% / 414,016 (2007)[24]
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%14,450,00070.2% / 14,222,844 (2011 census)[25]
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%4,950,00035% / 8,050,000 (2006)[26]
TajikistanTajikistan< 0.1%< 10,000
TanzaniaTanzania< 0.1%< 10,000
ThailandThailand69,120,00093.2%64,420,00094.5% / 63,620,298 (2015 census)[27]
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%150,0005% / 222,201 (2006)[28][29]
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 IslandsUS 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
  Yemen< 0.1%< 10,000
  Zambia< 0.1%< 10,000
  Zimbabwe< 0.1%< 10,000
World6,895,890,0007.1%487,540,000

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