Buddhism by country

Percentage of Buddhists by country, according to the Pew Research Center, 2010

This list shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 320 million, representing 4.1% of the world's total population as of 2020[update].[1] It also includes other entities such as some territories.

Buddhism is the state religion in four countries — Cambodia, Myanmar, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.[2]

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 Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka with around 36% population as of 2010.[3] Other smaller schools such as Navayana are scantly followed in India..[4][5]

## By country

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### Buddhist population by country in 2010 (Pew Research Center)

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Buddhist population by country (Pew Research Center)[6] Country/Territory  | Population  | % Buddhist  | No. of Buddhists

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Afghanistan | 31,410,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Albania | 3,200,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Algeria | 35,470,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
American Samoa | 70,000  | 0.3%  | < 10,000
Andorra | 80,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Angola | 19,080,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Argentina | 40,410,000  | < 0.1%  | 20,000
Armenia | 3,090,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Aruba | 110,000  | 0.1%  | < 10,000
Australia | 22,270,000  | 2.7%  | 600,000
Austria | 8,390,000  | 0.2%  | 20,000
Azerbaijan | 9,190,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Bahamas | 340,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Bahrain | 1,260,000  | 2.5%  | 30,000
Bangladesh | 148,690,000  | 0.6%  | 1,001,000
Barbados | 270,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Belarus  | 9,600,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Belgium | 10,710,000  | 0.2%  | 30,000
Belize | 310,000  | 0.5%  | < 10,000
Benin | 8,850,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Bermuda | 60,000  | 0.5%  | < 10,000
Bhutan | 730,000  | 74.7%  | 540,000
Bolivia | 9,930,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Botswana | 2,010,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Brazil | 194,950,000  | 0.1%  | 250,000
Brunei | 400,000  | 8.6%  | 30,000
Bulgaria | 7,490,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Burkina Faso | 16,470,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Cambodia | 14,140,000  | 96.9%  | 13,690,000
Cameroon | 19,600,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Canada | 34,020,000  | 0.8%  | 280,000
Chad | 11,230,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Chile | 17,110,000  | < 0.1%  | 10,000
China | 1,341,340,000  | 18.2%  | 244,130,000
Colombia | 46,290,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 65,970,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Republic of the Congo | 4,040,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Costa Rica | 4,660,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Côte d'Ivoire | 19,740,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Croatia | 4,400,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Cuba | 11,260,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Cyprus  | 1,100,000  | 0.2%  | < 10,000
Czech Republic | 10,490,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Denmark | 5,550,000  | 0.2%  | 10,000
Dominica  | 70,000  | 0.1%  | < 10,000
Dominican Republic |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Ecuador |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Egypt |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
El Salvador |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Estonia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Ethiopia |  | < 0.1%  | ?
Falkland Islands |  | < 0.1%  | ?
Federated States of Micronesia | 110,000  | 0.4%  | < 10,000
Fiji |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Finland |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
France | 62,790,000  | 0.5%  | 280,000
French Guiana |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
French Polynesia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Germany | 82,300,000  | 0.3%  | 210,000
Ghana |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Greece |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Guam | 180,000  | 1.1%  | < 10,000
Guatemala |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Guinea |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Guyana |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Haiti |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Honduras | 7,600,000  | 0.1%  | < 10,000
Hong Kong | 7,050,000  | 13.2%  | 930,000
Hungary |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Iceland | 320,000  | 0.4%  | < 10,000
India | 1,224,610,000  | 0.8%  | 9,250,000
Indonesia | 266,535,000  | 0.71%  | 2,062,150
Iran |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Iraq |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Ireland | 4,470,000  | 0.2%  | < 10,000
Israel | 7,420,000  | 0.3%  | 20,000
Italy | 60,550,000  | 0.2%  | 110,000
Jamaica | 2,740,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Japan | 126,540,000  | 36.2%  | 45,820,000
Jordan | 6,190,000  | 0.4%  | 20,000
Kazakhstan | 16,030,000  | 0.2%  | 40,000
Kenya |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
North Korea | 24,350,000  | 1.5%  | 370,000
South Korea | 48,180,000  | 22.9%  | 11,050,000
Kuwait | 2,740,000  | 2.8%  | 80,000
Kyrgyzstan |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Laos | 6,200,000  | 66.1%  | 4,100,000
Latvia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Lebanon | 4,230,000  | 0.2%  | < 10,000
Lesotho |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Liberia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Libya | 6,360,000  | 0.3%  | 20,000
Liechtenstein |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Lithuania |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Luxembourg |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Macau | 540,000  | 17.3%  | 90,000
Madagascar |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Malawi |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Malaysia | 28,400,000  | 19.8%  | 5,010,000
Maldives | 320,000  | 0.6%  | < 10,000
Mali |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Malta |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Martinique |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Mauritius |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Mexico |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Mongolia | 2,760,000  | 55.1%  | 1,520,000
Montenegro |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Morocco |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Mozambique |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Myanmar (Burma) | 47,960,000  | 89.9%  | 38,410,000
Namibia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Nauru | 10,000  | 1.1%  | < 10,000
Nepal | 29,960,000  | 10.3%  | 2,420,000
Netherlands | 16,610,000  | 0.2%  | 40,000
New Caledonia | 250,000  | 0.6%  | < 10,000
New Zealand | 4,370,000  | 1.1%  | 52,779
Nicaragua |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Nigeria | 158,420,000  | < 0.1%  | 10,000
North Macedonia  |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Northern Mariana Islands | 60,000  | 10.6%  | < 10,000
Norway | 4,880,000  | 0.6%  | 30,000
Oman | 2,780,000  | 0.8%  | 20,000
Pakistan | 173,590,000  | < 0.1%  | 20,000
Palau | 20,000  | 0.8%  | < 10,000
Palestine |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Panama | 3,520,000  | 0.2%  | < 10,000
Papua New Guinea |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Paraguay |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Peru | 29,080,000  | 0.2%  | 50,000
Philippines | 93,260,000  | < 0.1%  | 40,000
Poland |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Portugal | 10,680,000  | 0.6%  | 60,000
Puerto Rico | 3,750,000  | 0.3%  | 10,000
Qatar | 1,760,000  | 3.1%  | 50,000
Réunion | 850,000  | 0.2%  | < 10,000
Romania |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Russia | 142,960,000  | 0.1%  | 170,000
Saudi Arabia | 27,450,000  | 0.3%  | 90,000
Senegal | 12,430,000  | 0.3%  | < 10,000
Serbia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Seychelles |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Sierra Leone | 5,870,000  | 0.3%  | < 10,000
Singapore | 5,090,000  | 33.9%  | 1,730,000
Slovakia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Slovenia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Solomon Islands | 540,000  | 0.3%  | < 10,000
South Africa | 50,130,000  | 0.2%  | 100,000
Spain |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Sri Lanka | 20,860,000  | 69.3%  | 14,450,000
Sudan |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Suriname | 520,000  | 0.6%  | < 10,000
Swaziland |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Sweden | 9,380,000  | 0.4%  | 40,000
Switzerland | 7,660,000  | 0.4%  | 30,000
Taiwan | 23,220,000  | 21.3%  | 4,950,000
Tajikistan |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Tanzania |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Thailand | 69,120,000  | 93.2%  | 64,420,000
Togo |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Tonga | 100,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Tunisia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Trinidad and Tobago | 1,340,000  | 0.3%  | < 10,000
Turkey | 72,750,000  | < 0.1%  | 40,000
Turkmenistan |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Tuvalu |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Uganda |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Ukraine | 45,450,000  | < 0.1%  | 20,000
United Arab Emirates | 7,510,000  | 2.0%  | 150,000
United Kingdom | 62,040,000  | 0.4%  | 240,000
United States | 310,380,000  | 1.2%  | 3,570,000
Uruguay Uruguay |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
US Virgin Islands |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Uzbekistan | 27,440,000  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Vanuatu |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Venezuela |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Vietnam | 87,850,000  | 16.4%  | 14,380,000
Yemen |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Zambia |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
Zimbabwe |  | < 0.1%  | < 10,000
World  | 6,895,890,000  | 7.1%  | 487,540,000

### Buddhist population by country (Other data)

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Buddhist population by country (Other data)  Country/territory  | Population  | % Buddhist  | No. of Buddhists  | Year  | Source

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Argentina | 47,327,407  |  |  | 2022  | National census
Australia | 25,422,788  | 2.4%  | 615,800  | 2021  | National census[7]
Bangladesh | 165,158,616  | 0.61%  |  | 2022  | National census[8]
Belgium |  | 0.3%  |  | 2018  | Other[9]
Bhutan | 735,553  |  |  | 2017  | National census
Cambodia |  | 97.9%  |  | 2013  | Other[10]
Canada |  | 1.1%  | 366,830  | 2011  | Census[11][12]
China |  | 4%  | 42,000,000  | 2023  | Studies[13]
Costa Rica |  | 2.34%  | 100,000  | 2012  | Other[14]
Denmark |  | 1.1%  | 64,000  | 2018  | Other[15]
Germany |  |  | 270,000  | 2016  | Other[16]
India | 1,210,854,977  | 0.7%  | 8,442,972  | 2011  | National census
Italy |  | 0.3%  | 160,000  |  | Caritas Italiana[17]
Japan |  | 67.0%  | 84,336,539  | 2018  | ACA Religious Yearbook[18]
| 67.2%  |  | 2020  | CIA Factbook[19]
Kuwait |  | 4.0%  | 100,000  | 2006  | Other[20]
Macau |  | 80.0%  | 455,000  | 2012  | Government report[21]
Mongolia |  | Up to 93.0%  |  |  | Other[22]
Myanmar | 50,279,900  | 89.8%  | 45,185,449  | 2014  | National census[23]
Oman |  | 1.2%  | 30,501  |  | Other[24]
Philippines |  |  | 1,861,600  |  | Other[25]
Russia |  | 0.6%  | 866,500  | 2016  | Other[26]
Saudi Arabia |  | 1.5%  | 414,016  | 2007  | Other[27]
Singapore | 4,044,210  | 31.1%  | 1,257,749  | 2020  | National census
Sri Lanka | 20,359,439  | 70.2%  | 14,272,056  | 2011  | National census[28]
Sweden |  | 0.7%  | 57,064  | 2020  | Other[29]
Taiwan |  | 35.0%  | 8,050,000  | 2006  | Other[30]
Thailand | 67,706,048  | 93.5%  | 63,299,193  | 2018  | National census
| 94.5%  | 63,620,298  | 2015  | Census[31]
United Arab Emirates |  | 5.0%  | 222,201  | 2006  | Other[32][33]
Vietnam |  | Up to 66.7%  |  |  | Other[34]

## By region

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Buddhism by region in 2010[6] Region  | Estimated total population  | Estimated Buddhist population  | %

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Asia-Pacific | 4,054,990,000  | 481,290,000  | 11.9%
North America | 344,530,000  | 3,860,000  | 1.1%
Europe | 742,550,000  | 1,330,000  | 0.2%
Middle East-North Africa | 341,020,000  | 500,000  | 0.1%
Latin America-Caribbean | 590,080,000  | 410,000  | <0.1%
Total  | 6,895,890,000  | 487,540,000  | 7.1%

## Ten countries with the largest Buddhist populations

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Countries with the largest Buddhist populations as of 2010, according to Pew Research Center[6] Country  | Estimated Buddhist population  | % of the total population of the country  | % of world Buddhist population

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China | 244,130,000  | 18.2%  | 50.1%
Thailand | 64,420,000  | 94.5%  | 13.2%
Japan | 45,820,000  | 36.2%  | 9.4%
Myanmar | 38,410,000  | 87.9%  | 7.9%
Vietnam | 14,910,000  | 14.9%  | 2.9%
Sri Lanka | 14,450,000  | 70.2%  | 3.0%
Cambodia | 13,690,000  | 96.9%  | 2.8%
South Korea | 11,050,000  | 22.9%  | 2.3%
India | 9,250,000  | 0.8%  | 1.9%
Malaysia | 5,010,000  | 19.8%  | 1.0%
Subtotal for the ten countries  | 460,620,000  | (% of total of all ten countries) 15.3%  | 94.5%
Subtotal for the rest of the world  | 26,920,000  | (% of rest of world population) 0.4%  | 5.5%
World total  | 487,540,000  | 7.1%  | 100%

## See also

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* Buddhism in Southeast Asia
* Buddhism in the West
* East Asian Buddhism
* Buddhism and Eastern religions

General:

* List of religious populations
* Religions by country

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## External links

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* The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2010
* CIA FactBook Archived 10 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
* adherents.com[usurped]

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Practices|

* Bhavana
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* Prajñā
* Vīrya
* Four Right Exertions
* Twenty-two vows of Ambedkar
* Yujia Yankou
* Shuilu Fahui

Nirvana|

* Bodhi
* Bodhisattva
* Buddhahood
* Pratyekabuddhayāna
* Four stages of awakening
* Sotāpanna
* Sakadagami
* Anāgāmi
* Arhat

Monasticism|

* Bhikkhu
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* Anagārika
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* Sayadaw
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* Rōshi
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* Tulku
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* Kappiya
* Donchee
* Householder
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* Achar
* Śrāvaka
* Ten principal disciples
* Shaolin Monastery

Major figures|

* The Buddha
* Nagasena
* Aśvaghoṣa
* Nagarjuna
* Asanga
* Vasubandhu
* Kumārajīva
* Buddhaghosa
* Buddhapālita
* Dignāga
* Bodhidharma
* Zhiyi
* Emperor Wen of Sui
* Songtsen Gampo
* Xuanzang
* Shandao
* Padmasambhava
* Saraha
* Atiśa
* Naropa
* Karmapa
* Hōnen
* Shinran
* Dōgen
* Nichiren
* Shamarpa
* Dalai Lama
* Panchen Lama
* Ajahn Mun
* B. R. Ambedkar
* Ajahn Chah
* Thích Nhất Hạnh

Texts|

* Early Buddhist texts
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* Vinaya
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Countries|

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* 969 Movement
* Engaged Buddhism
* Women in Buddhism

Philosophy|

* Abhidharma
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* Economics
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* Symbolism
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* Flag
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* Swastika
* Thangka
* Temple of the Tooth
* Vegetarianism

Miscellaneous|

* Abhijñā
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Sovereign states|

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Sovereign states|

* Australia
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Associated states
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* Cook Islands
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