Buddhism By Country - By Country

By Country

Buddhism by Country
Region Country or Territory Population(2007E) % Buddhist Buddhist total
Central Asia Afghanistan 31,889,923 0.2% 63,780
South America Argentina 40,301,927 0.1% 40,302
Caribbean Aruba 100,018 1.2% (approx) 1,200
Oceania Australia 20,434,176 2.1% 429,119
Central Europe Austria 8,199,783 0.130% 10,660
Middle East Bahrain 708,573 1% 7,086
South Asia Bangladesh 150,448,339 0.7% 1,053,138
Western Europe Belgium 10,392,226 0.29% 31,177
Central America Belize 294,385 0.35% 1,030
South Asia Bhutan 708,427 94% 467,562 – 531,320 – 665,921
South America Bolivia 9,119,152 0.26% 23,710
Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,552,198 0.01% 455
South America Brazil 190,010,647 0.130% 247,014
Southeast Asia Brunei 374,577 9.09% 29,822
Eastern Europe Bulgaria 7,322,858 0.015% (approx) 1,098
Southeast Asia Myanmar 55,400,000 90% 42,636,562 – 48,019,200
Southeast Asia Cambodia 14,805,358 96.4% 14,272,365
North America Canada 33,390,141 1.0 300,345
South America Chile 16,284,741 0.04% 6,514
East Asia China 1,321,851,888 8% – 21% – +80% – 91% 105,748,151 – 277,588,896 – 1,057,481,510 – 1,202,885,218
South America Colombia 44,379,598 0.01% 4,438
Central America Costa Rica 4,133,884 2.34% 96,733
West Africa Cote d'Ivoire 18,013,409 0.06% 10,808
Balkans Croatia 4,493,312 0.03% 1,348
Caribbean Cuba 11,394,043 0.25% 28,485
Middle East Cyprus 788,457 1% 7,885
Central Europe Czech Republic 10,228,744 0.5% 51,144
Western Europe Denmark 5,468,120 >0.5% 20,000–25,000
Caribbean Dominica 72,386 0.25% 181
Caribbean Dominican Republic 9,365,818 0.1% 9,366
Southeast Asia East Timor 1,084,971 0.1% (approx) 1,085
South America Ecuador 13,755,680 0.2% 27,511
Central America El Salvador 6,948,073 0.03% 2,084
East Africa Eritrea 4,906,585 0.1% 4,907
Eastern Europe Estonia 1,315,912 0.4% 5,264
Oceania Fiji 918,675 1% 9,187
Western Europe Finland 5,238,460 0.1% 5,238
Western Europe France 63,718,187 1.2% 764,618
South America French Guiana 203,321 4% 8,132
Oceania French Polynesia 278,963 7.5% 20,922
Caucasus Georgia 4,646,003 0.1% (approx) 4,646
Western Europe Germany 82,400,996 1% 824,001
West Africa Ghana 22,931,299 0.05% 11,466
Balkans Greece 10,706,290 0.1% (approx) 10,706
Central America Guatemala 12,728,111 0.1% 12,728
West Africa Guinea 9,947,814 0.1% (approx) 9,948
South America Guyana 769,095 0.25% 1,923
Central America Honduras 7,483,763 0.1% 7,484
East Asia Hong Kong 6,980,412 10.1% – 92% 705,022 – 6,421,980
Eastern Europe Hungary 9,956,108 0.05% 5,223
Western Europe Iceland 301,931 0.15% 453
South Asia India 1,129,866,154 0.8%- 3.25% 12,248,969 – 37,913,134
Southeast Asia Indonesia 234,693,997 1% 2,346,940
Middle East Iran 72,212,000 N/A N/A
Western Europe Ireland 4,109,086 0.2% 8,218
Middle East Israel 6,426,679 0.1% 6,426
Western Europe Italy 58,147,733 0.2% 116,295
Caribbean Jamaica 2,780,132 0.3% 8,340
East Asia Japan 127,433,494 20% – 45% – 96.7% 57,061,994–91,000,000–123,317,953
Central Asia Kazakhstan 15,284,929 0.55% 84,067
East Asia North Korea 23,301,725 4.5% (approx) 10,000 – 15,029,613
East Asia South Korea 49,044,790 22.8%-38% 11,427,436–18,572,500
Central Asia Kyrgyzstan 5,284,149 0.35% 18,495
Middle East Kuwait 2,505,559 4% 100,222
Southeast Asia Laos 6,521,998 67% – 98% 4,369,739 – 6,391,558
Eastern Europe Latvia 2,259,810 0.004% 90
Middle East Lebanon 3,925,502 0.1% 3,926
Southern Africa Lesotho 2,125,262 0.1% (approx) 2,125
West Africa Liberia 3,195,931 0.1% 3,196
North Africa Libya 6,036,914 0.3% 18,120
Western Europe Liechtenstein 34,247 0.22% 75
East Asia Macau 456,989 17% – 50% – 85% 77,688 – 228,495 – 388,441
East Africa Madagascar 19,448,815 0.1% 19,449
Southeast Asia Malaysia 24,821,286 22% 5,460,683
South Asia Maldives 369,031 0.45% 1,661
East Africa Mauritius 1,250,882 2.5% 31,272
North America Mexico 108,700,891 0.1% (approx) 108,701
Central Asia Mongolia 2,951,786 50% – 94% 1,475,893 – 2,774,679
Southern Africa Namibia 2,055,080 0.1% 2,055
South Asia Nepal 28,901,790 11% – 21% 3,179,197 – 6,159,510
Western Europe Netherlands 16,570,613 0.105% – 1% 17,399 – 165,706
Caribbean Netherlands Antilles 223,652 0.7% (approx) 1,566
Oceania New Caledonia 221,943 3% 6,657
Oceania New Zealand 4,115,771 1.2% 49,389
Central America Nicaragua 5,675,356 0.1% 5,675
Western Europe Norway 4,627,926 0.42% 19,437
Middle East Oman 3,204,897 1% 32,049
South Asia Pakistan 164,741,924 0.1% 164,742
Central America Panama 3,242,173 2.1% 68,086
Oceania Papua New Guinea 5,795,887 0.3% 17,388
South America Paraguay 6,669,086 0.5% 33,345
South America Peru 28,674,757 0.31% 88,892
Southeast Asia Philippines 91,077,287 3% 2,759,490
Western Europe Portugal 10,642,836 0.18% 20,000
Central Europe Poland 38,518,241 0.1% 38,518
Caribbean Puerto Rico 3,944,259 0.03% 1,183
Middle East Qatar 907,229 5% (approx) 45,361
East Africa Reunion 784,000 1% 7,840
Eastern Europe Romania 22,276,056 0.01% (approx) 2,228
Eastern Europe Russia 141,377,752 0.75% – 1.1% – 1.45% 1,060,333 – 1,555,155 – 2,049,977
Middle East Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 1.5% 414,016
West Africa Senegal 12,521,851 0.01% 1,252
Balkans Serbia 10,150,265 0.01% (approx) 1,015
East Africa Seychelles 81,895 1% 819
Southeast Asia Singapore 4,553,009 42.5% 51% – 61.1% 1,935,029 – 2,322,035 – 2,781,888
Central Europe Slovakia 5,447,502 0.1% 5,447
Central Europe Slovenia 2,009,245 0.075% (approx) 1,500
Western Europe Spain 40,448,191 0.025% – 0.5% – 0.75% 10,112 – 200,000 – 300,000
Southern Africa South Africa 43,997,828 0.1% 43,998
South Asia Sri Lanka 20,926,315 70% 14,648,421
South America Suriname 470,784 1% 4,708
Western Europe Sweden 9,031,088 0.2% 18,062
Western Europe Switzerland 7,554,661 0.29% 21,909
East Asia Taiwan 22,858,872 35% – 75% – 93% 8,000,605 – 17,144,154 – 21,530,358
Central Asia Tajikistan 7,076,598 0.1% 7,076
East Africa Tanzania 39,384,223 0.1% 39,384
Southeast Asia Thailand 65,068,149 95% 61,814,742
Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 0.7% 7,396
Middle East Turkey 71,158,647 0.1% 71,159
Central Asia Turkmenistan 5,097,028 0.1% 50,970
Eastern Europe Ukraine 46,299,862 0.1% (approx) 46,300
Middle East United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 5% 222,201
Western Europe United Kingdom 60,776,238 0.3% 152,000
North America United States 301,139,947 0.7% 1,505,700 – 6,022,799
South America Uruguay 3,460,607 0.1% 3,461
Central Asia Uzbekistan 27,780,059 0.2% 55,560
Oceania Vanuatu 211,971 1% 2,120
South America Venezuela 26,023,528 0.2% 52,047
Southeast Asia Vietnam 85,262,356 7.9%- 16% – >50% – 85% (approx) 13,641,977 – >42,631,178 – 72,473,003
Southern Africa Zimbabwe 12,311,143 0.1% 37
Total 6,679,252,040 7.342% – 10.356% – 28.775% (depending on extent of syncretism) 489,807,761 – 690,847,214 – 1,921,989,641

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