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thumb|300px|Percentage of [[Buddhists by country in 2010, according to the Pew Research Center|alt=China40.5/]]
This list shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 320 million people, representing 4.1% of the world's total population . By sheer numbers, Thailand accounts for the largest portion of the global Buddhist population. It is the state religion in four countries — Cambodia, Myanmar, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Pew Research Center stated that Buddhism was the only religion to have declined in their 2010 to 2020 report covering the global religious landscape.
Mahayana, the largest branch of Buddhism, is followed by around 53% of Buddhists, mainly centered in East Asia whereas the second-largest branch Theravada is mostly followed in Mainland Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka with around 36% population as of 2010. Other smaller schools such as Navayana are scantly followed in India.
By country
Ten countries with the largest Buddhist populations
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Countries with the largest Buddhist populations as of 2020, according to Pew Research Center
|-
! Country
! Estimated Buddhist population
! % of Buddhist share of the country's population
! % of world Buddhist population
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 67,620,000
| style="text-align:right" | 94.4%
| style="text-align:right" | 20.9%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 53,380,000
| style="text-align:right"color:"#FFA500" | 3.7%
| style="text-align:right" | 16.5%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 47,210,000
| style="text-align:right" | 89.1%
| style="text-align:right" | 14.6%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 46,990,000
| style="text-align:right" | 37.2%
| style="text-align:right" | 14.5%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 22,580,000
| style="text-align:right" | 23.0%
| style="text-align:right" | 7.0%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 16,240,000
| style="text-align:right" | 97.1%
| style="text-align:right" | 5.0%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 15,700,000
| style="text-align:right" | 69.6%
| style="text-align:right" | 4.8%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 9,850,000
| style="text-align:right" | 19.0%
| style="text-align:right" | 3.0%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 9,550,000
| style="text-align:right" | 0.7%
| style="text-align:right" | 2.9%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| style="text-align:right" | 6,400,000
| style="text-align:right" | 18.9%
| style="text-align:right" | 2.0%
|- style="background:#9ff;"
! Subtotal for the ten countries
! style="text-align:right" | 295,530,000
! style="text-align:right" | (% of total of all ten countries) 8.9%
! style="text-align:right" | 91.2%
|- style="background:#9ff;"
! Subtotal for the rest of the world
! style="text-align:right" | 28,660,000
! style="text-align:right" | (% of rest of world population) 0.6%
! style="text-align:right" | 8.8%
|- style="background:#9ff;"
! World total
! style="text-align:right" | 324,190,000
! style="text-align:right" | 4.1%
! style="text-align:right" | 100%
|}
Buddhist population by country in 2010 (Pew Research Center)
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Buddhist population by country (Pew Research Center)
|-
! Country/Territory
! data-sort-type="number" |Population
! data-sort-type="number" |% Buddhist
! data-sort-type="number" |No. of Buddhists
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Afghanistan
| 31,410,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Albania
| 3,200,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Algeria
| 35,470,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 70,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 80,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Angola
| 19,080,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Argentina
| 40,410,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| 20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 3,090,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 110,000
| data-sort-value="0.1" | 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Australia
| 22,270,000
| data-sort-value="2.7" | 2.7%
| 600,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Austria
| 8,390,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| 20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 9,190,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 340,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Bahrain
| 1,260,000
| data-sort-value="2.5" | 2.5%
| 30,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Bangladesh
|148,690,000
| data-sort-value="0.5" | 0.6%
|1,001,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|270,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|9,600,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Belgium
|10,710,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
|30,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Belize
|310,000
| data-sort-value="0.5" | 0.5%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 8,850,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|60,000
| data-sort-value="0.5" | 0.5%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Bhutan
|730,000
| data-sort-value="74.7" | 74.7%
| 540,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|9,930,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Botswana
|2,010,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Brazil
|194,950,000
| data-sort-value="0.1" | 0.1%
|250,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Brunei
|400,000
| data-sort-value="8.6" |8.6%
|30,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Bulgaria
|7,490,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Burkina Faso
|16,470,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Cambodia
|14,140,000
| data-sort-value="96.9" |96.9%
| 13,690,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Cameroon
|19,600,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Canada
|34,020,000
| data-sort-value="0.8" |0.8%
| 280,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Chad
|11,230,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|17,110,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | China
|1,341,340,000
| data-sort-value="18.2" | 18.2%
| 244,130,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|46,290,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Republic of the Congo
|65,970,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Republic of the Congo
|4,040,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Costa Rica
|4,660,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Côte d'Ivoire
|19,740,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Croatia
|4,400,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|11,260,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|1,100,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Czech Republic
|10,490,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Denmark
|5,550,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|70,000
| data-sort-value="0.1" | 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|9,930,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Egypt
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | El Salvador
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Ethiopia
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | ?
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Falkland Islands
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | ?
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|110,000
| data-sort-value="0.4" | 0.4%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Finland
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | France
|62,790,000
| data-sort-value="0.5" | 0.5%
| 280,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Germany
|82,300,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| 210,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Ghana
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Greece
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|180,000
| data-sort-value="1.1" | 1.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Guatemala
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Guinea
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Honduras
|7,600,000
| data-sort-value="0.1" | 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hong Kong
|7,050,000
| data-sort-value="13.2" | 13.2%
| 930,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Hungary
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Iceland
|320,000
| data-sort-value="0.4" | 0.4%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | India
|1,224,610,000
| data-sort-value="0.8" | 0.8%
| 9,250,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Indonesia
| 266,535,000
| data-sort-value="0.8" | 0.71%
| 2,062,150
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Iran
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Iraq
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 4,470,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Israel
|7,420,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| 20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Italy
|60,550,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| 110,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|2,740,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Japan
|126,540,000
| data-sort-value="36.2" | 36.2%
| 45,820,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Jordan
|6,190,000
| data-sort-value="0.4" | 0.4%
| 20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Kazakhstan
|16,030,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| 40,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Kenya
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | North Korea
|24,350,000
| data-sort-value="1.5" | 1.5%
| 370,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Korea
|48,180,000
| data-sort-value="22.9" | 22.9%
| 11,050,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Kuwait
|2,740,000
| data-sort-value="2.8" | 2.8%
| 80,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Kyrgyzstan
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Laos
|6,200,000
| data-sort-value="66.1" | 66.1%
| 4,100,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Lebanon
|4,230,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Lesotho
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Liberia
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Libya
|6,360,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| 20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Liechtenstein
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Macau
|540,000
| data-sort-value="17.3" | 17.3%
| 90,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Madagascar
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Malawi
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Malaysia
|28,400,000
| data-sort-value="19.8" | 19.8%
| 5,010,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Maldives
|320,000
| data-sort-value="0.6" | 0.6%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Mali
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Mauritius
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Mexico
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Mongolia
|2,760,000
| data-sort-value="55.1" | 55.1%
| 1,520,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Morocco
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Mozambique
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Myanmar (Burma)
|47,960,000
| data-sort-value="80.1" | 89.9%
| 38,410,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Namibia
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|10,000
| data-sort-value="1.1" | 1.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Nepal
|29,960,000
| data-sort-value="10.3" | 10.3%
| 2,420,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Netherlands
|16,610,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| 40,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|250,000
| data-sort-value="0.6" | 0.6%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | New Zealand
|4,370,000
| data-sort-value="1.6" | 1.1%
| 52,779
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Nicaragua
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Nigeria
|158,420,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|60,000
| data-sort-value="10.6" | 10.6%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Norway
|4,880,000
| data-sort-value="0.6" | 0.6%
| 30,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Oman
|2,780,000
| data-sort-value="0.8" | 0.8%
| 20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Pakistan
|173,590,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| 20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|20,000
| data-sort-value="0.8" | 0.8%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Palestine
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Panama
|3,520,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|29,080,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| 50,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Philippines
|93,260,000
| data-sort-value="1.99" | < 0.1%
| 40,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Poland
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|10,680,000
| data-sort-value="0.6" | 0.6%
| 60,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|3,750,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Qatar
|1,760,000
| data-sort-value="3.1" | 3.1%
| 50,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Réunion
|850,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Russia
|142,960,000
| data-sort-value="0.1" | 0.1%
| 170,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Saudi Arabia
| 27,450,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| 90,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Senegal
|12,430,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Seychelles
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Sierra Leone
| 5,870,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Singapore
|5,090,000
| data-sort-value="33.9" | 33.9%
| 1,730,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Slovakia
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Slovenia
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|540,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | South Africa
|50,130,000
| data-sort-value="0.2" | 0.2%
| 100,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Spain
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Sri Lanka
|20,860,000
| data-sort-value="69.3" | 69.3%
| 14,450,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Sudan
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|520,000
| data-sort-value="0.6" | 0.6%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Swaziland
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Sweden
|9,380,000
| data-sort-value="0.4" | 0.4%
| 40,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Switzerland
|7,660,000
| data-sort-value="0.4" | 0.4%
| 30,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Taiwan
|23,220,000
| data-sort-value="21.3" | 21.3%
| 4,950,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Tajikistan
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Tanzania
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Thailand
|69,120,000
| data-sort-value="93.2" | 93.2%
| 64,420,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Togo
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| 100,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Tunisia
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|1,340,000
| data-sort-value="0.3" | 0.3%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Turkey
|72,750,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| 40,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Turkmenistan
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Uganda
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Ukraine
|45,450,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| 20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | United Arab Emirates
|7,510,000
| data-sort-value="2" | 2.0%
| 150,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | United Kingdom
|62,040,000
| data-sort-value="0.4" | 0.4%
| 240,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | United States
|310,380,000
| data-sort-value="1.2" | 1.2%
| 3,570,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Uruguay
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | US Virgin Islands
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Uzbekistan
|27,440,000
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Venezuela
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Vietnam
|87,850,000
| data-sort-value="16.4" | 16.4%
| 14,380,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Yemen
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Zambia
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Zimbabwe
|
| data-sort-value="0.09" | < 0.1%
| data-sort-value="9999" | < 10,000
|- style="background:#9ff;"
! style="text-align:left;" |World
! style="text-align:right;" |6,895,890,000
! style="text-align:right;" |7.1%
! style="text-align:right;" |487,540,000
|}
Buddhist population by country (Other data)
{| class="wikitable sortable col1left col6left" style="text-align:right"
|+ Buddhist population by country (Other data)
!Country/territory
!Population
!% Buddhist
!No. of Buddhists
!Year
!Source
|-
|
|47,327,407
|
|
|2022
|National census
|-
|
|25,422,788
|2.4%
|615,800
|2021
|National census
|-
|
|165,158,616
|0.61%
|
|2022
|National census
|-
|
|
|0.3%
|
|2018
|Other
|-
|
|735,553
|
|
|2017
|National census
|-
|
|
|97.9%
|
|2013
|Other
|-
|
|
|1.1%
|366,830
|2011
|Census
|-
|
|
|4%
|42,000,000
|2023
|Studies
|-
|
|
|2.34%
|100,000
|2012
|Other
|-
|
|
|1.1%
|64,000
|2018
|Other
|-
|
|
|
|270,000
|2016
|Other
|-
|
|1,210,854,977
|0.7%
|8,442,972
|2011
|National census
|-
|
|
|0.3%
|160,000
|
|Caritas Italiana
|-
| rowspan="2" |
|
|67.0%
|84,336,539
|2018
|ACA Religious Yearbook
|-
|
|67.2%
|
|2020
|style="text-align:left"|CIA Factbook
|-
|
|
|4.0%
|100,000
|2006
|Other
|-
|
|
|80.0%
|455,000
|2012
|Government report
|-
|
|
|Up to 93.0%
|
|
|Other
|-
|
|50,279,900
|89.8%
|45,185,449
|2014
|National census
|-
|
|
|1.2%
|30,501
|
|Other
|-
|
|
|
|1,861,600
|
|Other
|-
|
|
|0.6%
|866,500
|2016
|Other
|-
|
|
|1.5%
|414,016
|2007
|Other
|-
|
|4,044,210
|31.1%
|1,257,749
|2020
|National census
|-
|
|20,359,439
|70.2%
|14,272,056
|2011
|National census
|-
|
|
|0.7%
|57,064
|2020
|Other
|-
|
|
|35.0%
|8,050,000
|2006
|Other
|-
| rowspan="2" |
|67,706,048
|93.5%
|63,299,193
|2018
|National census
|-
|
|94.5%
|63,620,298
|2015
|style="text-align:left"|Census
|-
|
|
|5.0%
|222,201
|2006
|Other
|-
|
|
|Up to 66.7%
|
|
|Other
|}
By region
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Buddhism by region in 2010
|-
! Region
! Estimated total population
! Estimated Buddhist population
! %
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Asia-Pacific
| 4,054,990,000
| 481,290,000
| 11.9%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| North America
| 344,530,000
| 3,860,000
| 1.1%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Europe
| 742,550,000
| 1,330,000
| 0.2%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Middle East-North Africa
| 341,020,000
| 500,000
| 0.1%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Latin America-Caribbean
| 590,080,000
| 410,000
| <0.1%
|- style="background:#9ff;"
! Total
! 6,895,890,000
! 487,540,000
! 7.1%
|}
See also
- Buddhism in Southeast Asia
- Buddhism in the West
- East Asian Buddhism
- Buddhism and Eastern religions
General:
- List of religious populations
- Religions by country
References
External links
- The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2010
- CIA FactBook