By Region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, all but last row, is the percentage of population that is Buddhist in a region (Buddhists in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last row shows the Buddhist percentage compared to the total Buddhist population of the world (Buddhists in the region * 100/total Buddhist population of the world).
(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other non-arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).
| Region | Total Population | Buddhists | % of Buddhists | % of Buddhist total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Africa | 88,166,923 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| East Africa | 202,711,873 | 40,454 | 0.019% | |
| North Africa | 211,584,604 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| Southern Africa | 143,871,660 | 77,127 | 0.035% | |
| West Africa | 280,965,354 | 40,000 | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 927,300,414 | 157,581 | 0.012% |
| Region | Total Population | Buddhists | % of Buddhists | % of Buddhist total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Asia | 95,398,532 | 2,879,280 | 3.018% | |
| East Asia | 1,585,083,298 | 467,848,179 – 1,397,268,963 | 29.515% – 88.151% | |
| Middle East | 285,194,911 | 585,025 | 0.205% | |
| South Asia | 1,491,019,011 | 38,997,284 | 2.615% | |
| Southeast Asia | 592,738,430 | 214,723,860 | 36.226% | |
| Total | 4,049,434,182 | 726,336,585 – 1,655,757,369 | 17.936% – 40.888% |
| Region | Total Population | Buddhists | % of Buddhists | % of Buddhist total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkans | 67,379,383 | 101,070 | 0.15% | |
| Central Europe | 77,052,660 | 2,912,591 | 3.78% | |
| Eastern Europe | 212,144,987 | 387,165 | 1.825% | |
| Western Europe | 389,933,160 | 20,666,457 | 5.3% | |
| Total | 746,510,190 | 24,067,283 | 3.223% |
| Region | Total Population | Buddhists | % of Buddhists | % of Buddhist total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean | 24,683,536 | 43,498 | 0.176% | |
| Central America | 44,030,092 | 152,228 | 0.345% | |
| North America | 462,382,674 | 7,241,845 | 1.566% | |
| South America | 384,863,028 | 499,020 | 0.129% | |
| Total | 915,959,330 | 7,936,420 | 0.866% |
| Region | Total Population | Buddhists | % of Buddhists | % of Buddhist total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceania | 32,021,885 | 542,920 | 1.695% |
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“It was the most wild and desolate region we had camped in, where, if anywhere, one might expect to meet with befitting inhabitants, but I heard only the squeak of a nighthawk flitting over. The moon in her first quarter, in the fore part of the night, setting over the bare rocky hills garnished with tall, charred, and hollow stumps or shells of trees, served to reveal the desolation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 2:8,9.