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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