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.
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] Macau,[7] Japan,[8] Singapore,[9] Taiwan, Vietnam,[10] and Kalmykia in Russia. Large Buddhist populations live in North Korea, Nepal, India and South Korea. China has the largest population of Buddhists, around 470 million or 33.3% of its total population according to the new data of 2023.[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
editPew Research Center (2010)
edit| Country/Territory | 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
|
40,410,000 | < 0.1% | 20,000 |
 Armenia
|
3,090,000 | < 0.1% | < 10,000 |
 Aruba
|
110,000 | 0.1% | < 10,000 |
 Australia
|
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
|
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 |
 Belize
|
310,000 | 0.5% | < 10,000 |
 Benin
|
8,850,000 | < 0.1% | < 10,000 |
 Bermuda
|
60,000 | 0.5% | < 10,000 |
 Bhutan
|
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 | 96.9% | 13,690,000 |
 Cameroon
|
19,600,000 | < 0.1% | < 10,000 |
 Canada
|
34,020,000 | 0.8% | 280,000 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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
|
1,224,610,000 | 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 |
 Jamaica
|
2,740,000 | < 0.1% | < 10,000 |
 Japan
|
126,540,000 | 36.2% | 45,820,000 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 Montenegro
|
< 0.1% | < 10,000 | |
 Morocco
|
< 0.1% | < 10,000 | |
 Mozambique
|
< 0.1% | < 10,000 | |
 Myanmar (Burma)
|
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 |
 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 | 2.0% | 1,861,600 |
 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 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
27,450,000 | 0.3% | 90,000 |
 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
|
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
|
20,860,000 | 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 |
 Tajikistan
|
< 0.1% | < 10,000 | |
 Tanzania
|
< 0.1% | < 10,000 | |
 Thailand
|
69,120,000 | 93.2% | 64,420,000 |
 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 | 2.0% | 150,000 |
 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 |
 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 |
Other data
edit| Country/territory | Population | % Buddhist | No. of Buddhists | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
47,327,407 | 2022 | National census | ||
| Australia
|
25,422,788 | 2.4% | 615,800 | 2021 | National census[13] |
| Bangladesh
|
165,158,616 | 0.61% | 2022 | National census[14] | |
| Belgium
|
0.3% | 2018 | Other[15] | ||
| Bhutan
|
735,553 | 2017 | National census | ||
| Cambodia
|
97.9% | 2013 | Other[16] | ||
| Canada
|
1.1% | 366,830 | 2011 | Census[17][18] | |
| China
|
33.4% | 470,000,000 | 2023 | Studies[19] | |
| Costa Rica
|
2.34% | 100,000 | 2012 | Other[20] | |
| Denmark
|
1.1% | 64,000 | 2018 | Other[21] | |
| Germany
|
270,000 | 2016 | Other[22] | ||
| India
|
1,210,854,977 | 0.7% | 8,442,972 | 2011 | National census |
| Italy
|
0.3% | 160,000 | Caritas Italiana[23] | ||
| Japan
|
67.0% | 84,336,539 | 2018 | ACA Religious Yearbook[24] | |
| Up to 20.0% | 2017 | JGSS[25] | |||
| Kuwait
|
4.0% | 100,000 | 2006 | Other[26] | |
| Macau
|
80.0% | 455,000 | 2012 | Government report[27] | |
| Mongolia
|
Up to 93.0% | Other[28] | |||
| Myanmar
|
50,279,900 | 89.8% | 45,185,449 | 2014 | National census[29] |
| Oman
|
1.2% | 30,501 | Other[30] | ||
| Philippines
|
1,861,600 | Other[31] | |||
| Russia
|
0.6% | 866,500 | 2016 | Other[32] | |
| Saudi Arabia
|
1.5% | 414,016 | 2007 | Other[33] | |
| Singapore
|
4,044,210 | 31.1% | 1,257,749 | 2020 | National census |
| Sri Lanka
|
20,359,439 | 70.2% | 14,272,056 | 2011 | National census[34] |
| Sweden
|
0.7% | 57,064 | 2020 | Other[35] | |
| Taiwan
|
35.0% | 8,050,000 | 2006 | Other[36] | |
| Thailand
|
67,706,048 | 93.5% | 63,299,193 | 2018 | National census |
| 94.5% | 63,620,298 | 2015 | Census[37] | ||
| United Arab Emirates
|
5.0% | 222,201 | 2006 | Other[38][39] | |
| Vietnam
|
Up to 66.7% | Other[40] |
By region
edit| 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| 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
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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