Buddhism by country

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The percentage of Buddhist population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [1]. Other sources used were CIA Factbook [2] and adherents.com [3]. The total population of each country was taken from census.gov [4] (2005 estimates). Some adherents give much higher figures: [5]

1 By country
2 By region
3 Top 21
4 See also
5 References

[edit] By country

**Buddhism by country**
Region	Country	Population(2005E)	% of Buddhists	Buddhist total
South America	Buddhism in Argentina	39,537,943	0.1%	39,538
Oceania	Buddhism in Australia	20,090,437	1.9%	381,718
Central Europe	Buddhism in Austria	8,184,691	0.127%	10,395
South Asia	Buddhism in Bangladesh	144,319,628	0.5%	721,598
Western Europe	Buddhism in Belgium	10,364,388	0.2%	20,729
South Asia	Buddhism in Bhutan	2,232,291	90%	2,000,000
South America	Buddhism in Bolivia	8,857,870	0.1%	8,858
South America	Buddhism in Brazil	186,112,794	0.125%	232,641
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Brunei	372,361	13%	48,406
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Cambodia	13,607,069	93%	12,654,574
North America	Buddhism in Canada	32,805,041	0.8%	262,440
East Asia	Buddhism in China	1,306,313,812	8%	104,500,000
Central America	Buddhism in Costa Rica	4,016,173	0.1%	4,016
Balkans	Buddhism in Croatia	4,495,904	0.02	1,000
North America	Buddhism in Cuba	11,346,670	0.1%	11,347
South America	Buddhism in Ecuador	13,363,593	0.1%	13,364
Western Europe	Buddhism in Finland	5,223,442	0.1%	5,223
Western Europe	Buddhism in France	60,656,178	0.8%	485,249
Western Europe	Buddhism in Germany	82,431,390	0.1%	82,431
East Asia	Buddhism in Hong Kong	6,437,738	50%	3,218,869
South Asia	Buddhism in India	1,080,264,388	0.7%	7,561,851
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Indonesia	241,973,879	0.84%	2,032,581
Western Europe	Buddhism in Ireland	4,015,676	0.1	4,016
East Asia	Buddhism in Japan	127,417,244	71%	90,466,243
East Asia	Buddhism in Korea, North	22,912,177	about 1.67%	400,000 (est)
East Asia	Buddhism in Korea, South	48,422,644	23.33%	11,297,003
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Laos	6,217,141	60%	3,730,285
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Malaysia	23,953,136	19.2%	4,599,002
Southern Africa	Buddhism in Mauritius	1,230,602	0.3%	3,692
Central Asia	Buddhism in Mongolia	2,791,272	93%	2,595,883
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Myanmar	42,909,464	90%	38,618,518
South Asia	Buddhism in Nepal	27,676,547	11%	3,044,420
Western Europe	Buddhism in the Netherlands	16,407,491	0.5%	80,237
Oceania	Buddhism in New Zealand	4,035,461	1.08%	43,583
Central America	Buddhism in Nicaragua	5,465,100	0.1%	5,465
Western Europe	Buddhism in Norway	4,593,041	0.1%	4,593
Middle East	Buddhism in Oman	3,001,583	0.5%	15,008
South Asia	Buddhism in Pakistan	162,419,946	0.1%	162,420
Central America	Buddhism in Panama	3,039,150	0.5%	16,546
Oceania	Buddhism in Papua New Guinea	5,545,268	0.2%	11,091
South America	Buddhism in Paraguay	6,347,884	0.5%	31,739
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in the Philippines	87,857,473	1.5%	1,317,862
Western Europe	Buddhism in Portugal	10,566,212	0.6%	63,397
Eastern Europe	Buddhism in Russia	143,420,309	0.5%	717,101
Middle East	Buddhism in Saudi Arabia	26,417,599	0.3%	70,253
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Singapore	4,425,720	42.5%	1,880,931
Southern Africa	Buddhism in South Africa	44,344,136	0.1%	44,344
South Asia	Buddhism in Sri Lanka	20,064,776	70%	14,045,343
Western Europe	Buddhism in Sweden	9,001,774	0.2%	18,004
Western Europe	Buddhism in Switzerland	7,489,370	0.1%	7,489
East Asia	Buddhism in Taiwan	22,894,384	25%	5,723,596
Central Asia	Buddhism in Tajikistan	7,163,506	0.1%	7,164
East Africa	Buddhism in Tanzania	36,766,356	0.1%	36,766
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Thailand	65,444,371	94%	61,517,709
Central America	Buddhism in Trinidad and Tobago	1,088,644	0.3%	3,266
Middle East	Buddhism in Turkey	69,660,559	0.1%	69,661
Middle East	Buddhism in the United Arab Emirates	2,563,212	2%	51,264
Western Europe	Buddhism in the United Kingdom	60,441,457	0.5%	302,207
North America	Buddhism in the United States	295,734,134	1%	2,957,341
Central Asia	Buddhism in Uzbekistan	26,851,195	0.2%	53,702
South America	Buddhism in Venezuela	25,375,281	0.1%	25,375
Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Vietnam	83,535,576	50%	41,767,788
Total		6,437,293,959	6.5%	415,800,000

[edit] By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Buddhist in a region (Buddhists in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column 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 Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).

**Buddhism in Africa**
Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Central Africa	83,121,055	0	0%	0%
East Africa	193,741,900	36,766	0.019%	0.005%
North Africa	202,151,323	0	0%	0%
Southern Africa	137,092,019	48,035	0.035%	0.007%
West Africa	268,997,245	0	0%	0%
Total	885,103,542	84,801	0.01%	0.012%

**Buddhism in Asia**
Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Central Asia	92,019,166	2,657,000	2.887%	0.375%
East Asia	1,527,960,261	502,345,411	32.877%	70.918%
Middle East	274,775,527	220,000	0.08%	0.031%
South Asia	1,437,326,682	27,187,525	1.892%	3.84%
Southeast Asia	571,337,070	166,920,075	29.216%	23.565%
Total	3,903,418,706	699,324,941	17.916%	98.73%

**Buddhism in Europe**
Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Balkans	65,407,609	1000	0%	0%
Central Europe	74,510,241	10,394	0.014%	0.001%
Eastern Europe	212,821,296	717,101	0.337%	0.101%
Western Europe	375,832,557	1,068,354	0.28%	0.254%
Total	728,571,703	1,795,849	0.244%	0.254%

**Buddhism in The Americas**
Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Caribbean	23,809,622	0	0%	0%
Central America	42,223,849	27,941	0.066%	0.004%
North America	446,088,748	3,231,127	0.724%	0.456%
South America	371,075,531	351,511	0.095%	0.05%
Total	883,197,750	3,610,579	0.409%	0.51%

**Buddhism in Oceania**
Region	Total Population	Buddhists	% of Buddhists	% of Buddhist total
Oceania	30,564,520	436,390	1.428%	0.062%

[edit] Top 21

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Top 20 by population on the left and by percentage on the right.

<tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 2 </th> <td> Japan </th> <td align="right"> 90,466,243 </th> <td align="center"> 71% </th> <td> Cambodia </th> <td align="center"> 93% </th> <td align="right"> 12,654,574 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 3 </th> <td> Thailand </th> <td align="right"> 61,517,708 </th> <td align="center"> 94% </th> <td> Mongolia </th> <td align="center"> 93% </th> <td align="right"> 2,595,882 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 4 </th> <td> Vietnam </th> <td align="right"> 41,767,788 </th> <td align="center"> 50% </th> <td> Myanmar </th> <td align="center"> 90% </th> <td align="right"> 38,618,517 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 5 </th> <td> Myanmar </th> <td align="right"> 38,618,517 </th> <td align="center"> 90% </th> <td> Bhutan </th> <td align="center"> 74% </th> <td align="right"> 1,651,895 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 6 </th> <td> Sri Lanka </th> <td align="right"> 14,045,343 </th> <td align="center"> 70% </th> <td> Japan </th> <td align="center"> 71% </th> <td align="right"> 90,466,243 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 7 </th> <td> Cambodia </th> <td align="right"> 12,654,574 </th> <td align="center"> 93% </th> <td> Sri Lanka </th> <td align="center"> 70% </th> <td align="right"> 14,045,343 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 8 </th> <td> South Korea </th> <td align="right"> 11,297,002 </th> <td align="center"> 23.33% </th> <td> Laos </th> <td align="center"> 60% </th> <td align="right"> 3,730,284 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 9 </th> <td> India </th> <td align="right"> 7,561,850 </th> <td align="center"> 0.7% </th> <td> Vietnam </th> <td align="center"> 50% </th> <td align="right"> 41,767,788 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 10 </th> <td> Taiwan </th> <td align="right"> 5,723,596 </th> <td align="center"> 25% </th> <td> Singapore </th> <td align="center"> 42.5% </th> <td align="right"> 1,880,931 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 11 </th> <td> Malaysia </th> <td align="right"> 4,599,002 </th> <td align="center"> 19.2% </th> <td> Taiwan </th> <td align="center"> 25% </th> <td align="right"> 5,723,596 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 12 </th> <td> Laos </th> <td align="right"> 3,730,284 </th> <td align="center"> 60% </th> <td> South Korea </th> <td align="center"> 23.33% </th> <td align="right"> 11,297,002 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 13 </th> <td> Nepal </th> <td align="right"> 3,044,420 </th> <td align="center"> 11% </th> <td> Malaysia </th> <td align="center"> 19.2% </th> <td align="right"> 4,599,002 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 14 </th> <td> United States </th> <td align="right"> 2,957,341 </th> <td align="center"> 1% </th> <td> Brunei </th> <td align="center"> 13% </th> <td align="right"> 48,406 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 15 </th> <td> Mongolia </th> <td align="right"> 2,595,882 </th> <td align="center"> 93% </th> <td> Nepal </th> <td align="center"> 11% </th> <td align="right"> 3,044,420 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 16 </th> <td> Indonesia </th> <td align="right"> 2,032,580 </th> <td align="center"> 0.84% </th> <td> China </th> <td align="center"> 8% </th> <td align="right"> 104,500,000 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 17 </th> <td> Singapore </th> <td align="right"> 1,880,931 </th> <td align="center"> 42.5% </th> <td> United Arab Emirates </th> <td align="center"> 2% </th> <td align="right"> 51,264 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 18 </th> <td> Bhutan </th> <td align="right"> 1,651,895 </th> <td align="center"> 74% </th> <td> Australia </th> <td align="center"> 1.9% </th> <td align="right"> 381,718 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 19 </th> <td> Philippines </th> <td align="right"> 1,317,862 </th> <td align="center"> 1.5% </th> <td> North Korea </th> <td align="center"> 1.7% </th> <td align="right"> 400,000</th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 20 </th> <td> Bangladesh </th> <td align="right"> 721,598 </th> <td align="center"> 0.5% </th> <td> Philippines </th> <td align="center"> 1.5% </th> <td align="right"> 1,317,862 </th> </td> <tr bgcolor=#F0F8FF> <td> 21 </th> <td> Russia </th> <td align="right"> 717,101 </th> <td align="center"> 0.5% </th> <td> New Zealand </th> <td align="center"> 1.08% </th> <td align="right"> 43,582 </th> </td> </table>

[edit] See also

**Top 20**
Rank	Country	Buddhist Population	% of Buddhists	Country	% of Buddhists	Buddhist Population
1 </th> <td> China </th> <td align="right"> 104,500,000 </th> <td align="center"> 8% </th> <td> Thailand </th> <td align="center"> 94% </th> <td align="right"> 61,517,708 </th>

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