Buddhism by country

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 [https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/] and adherents.com [2]. The total population of each country was taken from census.gov [3] (2005 estimates). Some adherents give much higher figures: [4]

By country

**Buddhism by country**
Region	Country	Population(2005E)	% of Buddhists	-	Central Asia	Buddhism in Afghanistan	29,928,987	n/a	n/a \|-	Balkans	Buddhism in Albania	3,563,112	n/a	n/a \|-	North Africa	Buddhism in Algeria	32,531,853	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Angola	11,190,786	n/a	n/a \|-	South America	Buddhism in Argentina	39,537,943	0.1%	39,538 \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Armenia	2,982,904	n/a	n/a \|-	Oceania	Buddhism in Australia	20,090,437	1.9%	381,718\|-	Central Europe	Buddhism in Austria	8,184,691	0.127%	10,395\|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Azerbaijan	7,911,974	n/a	n/a \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Bahrain	688,345	n/a	n/a \|-	South Asia	Buddhism in Bangladesh	144,319,628	0.5%	721,598\|-	Eastern Europe	Buddhism in Belarus	10,300,483	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Belgium	10,364,388	0.2%	20,729
Central America	Buddhism in Belize	279,457	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Benin	7,460,025	n/a	n/a \|-	South Asia	Buddhism in Bhutan	2,232,291	74%	1,651,895\|-	South America	Buddhism in Bolivia	8,857,870	0.1%	8,858\|-	Balkans	Buddhism in Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,025,476	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Botswana	1,640,115	n/a	n/a \|-	South America	Buddhism in Brazil	186,112,794	0.125%	232,641 \|-	Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Brunei	372,361	13%	48,406\|-	Balkans	Buddhism in Bulgaria	7,450,349	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Burkina Faso	13,925,313	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Africa	Buddhism in Burundi	6,370,609	n/a	n/a \|-	Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Cambodia	13,607,069	93%	12,654,574\|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Cameroon	16,380,005	n/a	n/a \|-	North America	Buddhism in Canada	32,805,041	0.8%	262,440\|-	Central Africa	Buddhism in Central African Republic	3,799,897	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Africa	Buddhism in Chad	9,826,419	n/a	n/a \|-	South America	Buddhism in Chile	15,980,912	n/a	n/a \|-	East Asia	Buddhism in China	1,306,313,812	30% （？ sourcing)	391,894,144 （？ sourcing)\|-	South America	Buddhism in Colombia	42,954,279	n/a	n/a \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Comoros	671,247	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Africa	Buddhism in Congo (Brazzaville)	3,039,126	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Africa	Buddhism in Congo (Kinshasa)	60,085,004	n/a	n/a \|-	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\|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Cyprus	780,133	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Europe	Buddhism in Czech Republic	10,241,138	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Côte d'Ivoire	17,298,040	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Denmark	5,432,335	n/a	n/a \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Djibouti	476,703	n/a	n/a \|-	Caribbean	Buddhism in Dominican Republic	8,950,034	n/a	n/a \|-	Southeast Asia	Buddhism in East Timor	1,040,880	n/a	n/a \|-	South America	Buddhism in Ecuador	13,363,593	0.1%	13,364 \|-	North Africa	Buddhism in Egypt	77,505,756	n/a	n/a \|-	Central America	Buddhism in El Salvador	6,704,932	n/a	n/a \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Eritrea	4,561,599	n/a	n/a \|-	Eastern Europe	Buddhism in Estonia	1,332,893	n/a	n/a \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Ethiopia	73,053,286	n/a	n/a \|-	Oceania	Buddhism in Fiji	893,354	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Finland	5,223,442	0.1%	5,223
Western Europe	Buddhism in France	60,656,178	0.8%	485,249\|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Gabon	1,389,201	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in The Gambia	1,593,256	n/a	n/a \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Georgia	4,677,401	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Germany	82,431,390	0.1%	82,431
West Africa	Buddhism in Ghana	21,029,853	n/a	n/a \|-	Balkans	Buddhism in Greece	10,668,354	n/a	n/a \|-	Caribbean	Buddhism in Grenada	89,502	n/a	n/a \|-	Central America	Buddhism in Guatemala	14,655,189	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Guinea	9,467,866	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Guinea-Bissau	1,416,027	n/a	n/a \|-	South America	Buddhism in Guyana	765,283	n/a	n/a \|-	Caribbean	Buddhism in Haiti	8,121,622	n/a	n/a \|-	Central America	Buddhism in Honduras	6,975,204	n/a	n/a \|-	East Asia	Buddhism in Hong Kong	6,437,738	50%	3,218,869\|-	Central Europe	Buddhism in Hungary	10,006,835	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Iceland	296,737	n/a	n/a \|-	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 \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Iran	68,017,860	n/a	n/a \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Iraq	26,074,906	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Ireland	4,015,676	0.1	4,016\|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Israel	6,276,883	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Italy	58,103,033	n/a	n/a \|-	Caribbean	Buddhism in Jamaica	2,731,832	n/a	n/a \|-	East Asia	Buddhism in Japan	127,417,244	71%	90,466243\|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Jordan	5,759,732	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Asia	Buddhism in Kazakhstan	15,185,844	n/a	n/a \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Kenya	33,829,590	n/a	n/a \|-	East Asia	Buddhism in Korea, North	22,912,177	23.33%	5,345,411
East Asia	Buddhism in Korea, South	48,422,644	23.33%	11,297,003 \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Kuwait	2,335,648	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Asia	Buddhism in Kyrgyzstan	5,146,281	n/a	n/a \|-	Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Laos	6,217,141	60%	3,730,285 \|-	Eastern Europe	Buddhism in Latvia	2,290,237	n/a	n/a \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Lebanon	3,826,018	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Lesotho	1,867,035	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Liberia	3,482,211	n/a	n/a \|-	North Africa	Buddhism in Libya	5,765,563	n/a	n/a \|-	Eastern Europe	Buddhism in Lithuania	3,596,617	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Luxembourg	468,571	n/a	n/a \|-	Balkans	Buddhism in Macedonia	2,045,262	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Madagascar	18,040,341	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Malawi	12,158,924	n/a	n/a \|-	Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Malaysia	23,953,136	19.2%	4,599,002 \|-	South Asia	Buddhism in Maldives	349,106	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Mali	12,291,529	n/a	n/a \|-	North Africa	Buddhism in Mauritania	3,086,859	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Mauritius	1,230,602	0.3%	3,692 \|-	North America	Buddhism in Mexico	106,202,903	n/a	n/a \|-	Eastern Europe	Buddhism in Moldova	4,455,421	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Asia	Buddhism in Mongolia	2,791,272	93%	2,595,883\|-	North Africa	Buddhism in Morocco	32,725,847	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Mozambique	19,406,703	n/a	n/a \|-	Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Myanmar	42,909,464	90%	38,618,518\|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Namibia	2,030,692	n/a	n/a \|-	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
West Africa	Buddhism in Niger	11,665,937	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Nigeria	128,771,988	n/a	n/a \|-	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\|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Palestine	3,761,904	n/a	n/a \|-	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\|-	South America	Buddhism in Peru	27,925,628	n/a	n/a \|-	Southeast Asia	Buddhism in the Philippines	87,857,473	1.5%	1,317,862\|-	Central Europe	Buddhism in Poland	38,635,144	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Portugal	10,566,212	0.6%	63,397
Caribbean	Buddhism in Puerto Rico	3,916,632	n/a	n/a \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Qatar	863,051	n/a	n/a \|-	Balkans	Buddhism in Romania	22,329,977	n/a	n/a \|-	Eastern Europe	Buddhism in Russia	143,420,309	0.5%	717,101 \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Rwanda	8,440,820	n/a	n/a \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Saudi Arabia	26,417,599	0.3%	70,253\|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Senegal	11,126,832	n/a	n/a \|-	Balkans	Buddhism in Serbia and Montenegro	10,829,175	n/a	n/a \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Seychelles	81,188	n/a	n/a \|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Sierra Leone	6,017,643	n/a	n/a \|-	Southeast Asia	Buddhism in Singapore	4,425,720	42.5%	1,880,931\|-	Central Europe	Buddhism in Slovakia	5,431,363	n/a	n/a \|-	Central Europe	Buddhism in Slovenia	2,011,070	n/a	n/a \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Somalia	8,591,629	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in South Africa	44,344,136	0.1%	44,344\|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Spain	40,341,462	n/a	n/a \|-	South Asia	Buddhism in Sri Lanka	20,064,776	70%	14,045,343\|-	North Africa	Buddhism in Sudan	40,187,486	n/a	n/a \|-	South America	Buddhism in Suriname	438,144	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Swaziland	1,173,900	n/a	n/a \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Sweden	9,001,774	0.2%	18,004 \|-	Western Europe	Buddhism in Switzerland	7,489,370	0.1%	7,489\|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Syria	18,448,752	n/a	n/a \|-	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\|-	West Africa	Buddhism in Togo	5,681,519	n/a	n/a \|-	Central America	Buddhism in Trinidad and Tobago	1,088,644	0.3%	3,266\|-	North Africa	Buddhism in Tunisia	10,074,951	n/a	n/a \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Turkey	69,660,559	0.1%	69,661
Central Asia	Buddhism in Turkmenistan	4,952,081	n/a	n/a \|-	East Africa	Buddhism in Uganda	27,269,482	n/a	n/a \|-	Eastern Europe	Buddhism in Ukraine	47,425,336	n/a	n/a \|-	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\|-	South America	Buddhism in Uruguay	3,415,920	n/a	n/a \|-	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\|-	North Africa	Buddhism in Western Sahara	273,008	n/a	n/a \|-	Middle East	Buddhism in Yemen	20,727,063	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Zambia	11,261,795	n/a	n/a \|-	Southern Africa	Buddhism in Zimbabwe	12,746,990	n/a	n/a \|- bgcolor=#99FFFF	Total		6,437,293,959	11.01%! 708,102,000

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%

Top 20

Top 20 countries with the most Buddhists.

Top 20 countries with the highest percent of Buddhists.

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

**Top 20**
Rank	Country	Buddhist Population	% of Buddhists	Country	% of Buddhists	Buddhist Population
1	China	391,894,143	30%	Thailand	94%	61,517,708
2	Japan	90,466,243	71%	Cambodia	93%	12,654,574
3	Thailand	61,517,708	94%	Mongolia	93%	2,595,882
4	Vietnam	41,767,788	50%	Myanmar	90%	38,618,517
5	Myanmar	38,618,517	90%	Bhutan	74%	1,651,895
6	Sri Lanka	14,045,343	70%	Japan	71%	90,466,243
7	Cambodia	12,654,574	93%	Sri Lanka	70%	14,045,343
8	South Korea	11,297,002	23.33%	Laos	60%	3,730,284
9	India	7,561,850	0.7%	Vietnam	50%	41,767,788
10	Taiwan	5,723,596	25%	Singapore	42.5%	1,880,931
11	Malaysia	4,599,002	19.2%	China	30%	391,894,143
12	Laos	3,730,284	60%	Taiwan	25%	5,723,596
13	Nepal	3,044,420	11%	South Korea	23.33%	11,297,002
14	United States	2,957,341	1%	North Korea	23.33%	5,345,411
15	Mongolia	2,595,882	93%	Malaysia	19.2%	4,599,002
16	Indonesia	2,032,580	0.84%	Brunei	13%	48,406
17	Singapore	1,880,931	42.5%	Nepal	11%	3,044,420
18	Bhutan	1,651,895	74%	United Arab Emirates	2%	51,264
19	Bangladesh	721,598	0.5%	Australia	1.9%	381,718
20	Russia	717,101	0.5%	New Zealand	1.08%	43,582

References

* The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [5]
* CIA FactBook [https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/]
* adherents.com [6]
* Religious Freedom page [7]
* census.gov[8]
* Stockholm Buddhist center[9]

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