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From Buddhist Encyclopedia

1 Buddhist Polulation by Country
2 All Countries
3 By region
4 References

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]

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Buddhist Polulation by Country

Buddhism by Regions

America
U.S.A. . Brazil

Australia

China
Hong Kong . Macau
Taiwan . Tibet
Mongolia.

Europe
Austria . Germany
France . Netherlands
Switzerland . U.K.
Italy

Japan . Korea

South Asia

Afganistan . Bangladesh
Bhutan . India
Iran . Nepal
Pakistan . Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia
Cambodia . Indonesia
Laos . Malaysia
Myanmar . Singapore
Thailand . Vietnam

Russia

Rank	Country	Buddhist Population	% of Buddhists
1	China	115,000,000	12%
2	Japan	90,466,243	71%
3	Thailand	61,517,708	94%
4	Vietnam	41,767,788	50%
5	Sri Lanka	14,045,343	70%
6	Cambodia	12,654,574	93%
7	South Korea	11,297,002	23.33%
8	India	7,561,850	0.7%
9	Malaysia	4,599,002	19.2%
10	Laos	3,730,284	60%
11	Nepal	3,044,420	11%
12	United States	2,957,341	1%
13	Mongolia	2,595,882	93%
14	Indonesia	2,032,580	0.84%
15	Singapore	1,880,931	42.5%
16	Bhutan	1,651,895	74%
17	Philippines	1,317,862	1.5%
18	Russia	717,101	0.5%
19	Bangladesh	721,598	0.5%
20	North Korea	400,000	1.7%
21	Australia	381,718	1.9%
22	United Arab Emirates	51,264	2%
23	Brunei	48,406	13%
24	New Zealand	43,582	1.08%

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All Countries

Region	Country	Population(2005E)	% of Buddhists	Buddhist total
Buddhism by country
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

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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%