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Buddhism by country

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Buddhism in various countries:

The source for many of these statistics is from the CIA Fact Book [1].

By country

By country

Islam in various countries
Region Country Total Population (2005 est)  % of Muslims Muslim total
Central Asia Buddhism in Afghanistan 29,928,987
Balkans Buddhism in Albania 3,563,112
North Africa Buddhism in Algeria 32,531,853
Southern Africa Buddhism in Angola 11,190,786
South America Buddhism in Argentina 39,537,943 39
Central Asia Buddhism in Armenia 2,982,904
Oceania Buddhism in Australia 20,090,437
Central Europe Buddhism in Austria 8,184,691
Central Asia Buddhism in Azerbaijan 7,911,974
Middle East Buddhism in Bahrain 60% Shi'a 688,345
South Asia Buddhism in Bangladesh 144,319,628
Eastern Europe Buddhism in Belarus 10,300,483
Western Europe Buddhism in Belgium 10,364,388
Central America Buddhism in Belize 279,457
West Africa Buddhism in Benin 7,460,025
South Asia Buddhism in Bhutan 2,232,291
South America Buddhism in Bolivia 8,857,870
Balkans Buddhism in Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,025,476
Southern Africa Buddhism in Botswana 1,640,115
South America Buddhism in Brazil 186,112,794
East Africa Buddhism in Brunei 372,361
Balkans Buddhism in Bulgaria 7,450,349
West Africa Buddhism in Burkina Faso 13,925,313
Central Africa Buddhism in Burundi 6,370,609
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Cambodia 13,607,069
West Africa Buddhism in Cameroon 16,380,005
North America Buddhism in Canada 32,805,041
Central Africa Buddhism in Central African Republic 3,799,897
Central Africa Buddhism in Chad 9,826,419
South America Buddhism in Chile 15,980,912
East Asia Buddhism in China 1,306,313,812
South America Buddhism in Colombia 42,954,279
East Africa Buddhism in Comoros 671,247
Central Africa Buddhism in Congo (Brazzaville) 3,039,126
Central Africa Buddhism in Congo (Kinshasa) 60,085,004
Central America Buddhism in Costa Rica 4,016,173
Balkans Buddhism in Croatia 4,495,904
North America Buddhism in Cuba 11,346,670
Middle East Buddhism in Cyprus 780,133
Central Europe Buddhism in Czech Republic 10,241,138
West Africa Buddhism in Côte d'Ivoire 17,298,040
Western Europe Buddhism in Denmark 5,432,335
East Africa Buddhism in Djibouti 476,703
Caribbean Buddhism in Dominican Republic 8,950,034
Southeast Asia Buddhism in East Timor 1,040,880
South America Buddhism in Ecuador 13,363,593
North Africa Buddhism in Egypt 77,505,756
Central America Buddhism in El Salvador 6,704,932
East Africa Buddhism in Eritrea 4,561,599
Eastern Europe Buddhism in Estonia 1,332,893
East Africa Buddhism in Ethiopia 73,053,286
Oceania Buddhism in Fiji 893,354
Western Europe Buddhism in Finland 5,223,442
Western Europe Buddhism in France 60,656,178
West Africa Buddhism in Gabon 1,389,201
West Africa Buddhism in Gambia 1,593,256
Central Asia Buddhism in Georgia 4,677,401
Western Europe Buddhism in Germany 82,431,390
West Africa Buddhism in Ghana 21,029,853
Balkans Buddhism in Greece 10,668,354
Caribbean Buddhism in Grenada 89,502
Central America Buddhism in Guatemala 14,655,189
West Africa Buddhism in Guinea 9,467,866
West Africa Buddhism in Guinea-Bissau 1,416,027
South America Buddhism in Guyana 765,283
Caribbean Buddhism in Haiti 8,121,622
Central America Buddhism in Honduras 6,975,204
Central Europe Buddhism in Hungary 10,006,835
Western Europe Buddhism in Iceland 296,737
South Asia Buddhism in India 1,080,264,388
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Indonesia 241,973,879
Middle East Buddhism in Iran 90%+ Shi'a 68,017,860
Middle East Buddhism in Iraq 60%+ Shi'a 26,074,906
Western Europe Buddhism in Ireland 4,015,676
Middle East Buddhism in Israel 6,276,883
Western Europe Buddhism in Italy 58,103,033
Caribbean Buddhism in Jamaica 2,731,832
East Asia Buddhism in Japan 127,417,244
Middle East Buddhism in Jordan 5,759,732
Central Asia Buddhism in Kazakhstan 15,185,844
East Africa Buddhism in Kenya 33,829,590
East Asia Buddhism in Korea, North 22,912,177 29%
East Asia Buddhism in Korea, South 48,422,644 26% 10,900,000
Middle East Buddhism in Kuwait 2,335,648
Central Asia Buddhism in Kyrgyzstan 5,146,281
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Laos 6,217,141 60%
Eastern Europe Buddhism in Latvia 2,290,237
Middle East Buddhism in Lebanon 3,826,018
Southern Africa Buddhism in Lesotho 1,867,035
West Africa Buddhism in Liberia 3,482,211
North Africa Buddhism in Libya 5,765,563
Eastern Europe Buddhism in Lithuania 3,596,617
Western Europe Buddhism in Luxembourg 468,571
Balkans Buddhism in Macedonia 2,045,262
Southern Africa Buddhism in Madagascar 18,040,341
Southern Africa Buddhism in Malawi 12,158,924
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Malaysia 23,953,136 19.2%
South Asia Buddhism in Maldives 349,106
West Africa Buddhism in Mali 12,291,529
North Africa Buddhism in Mauritania 3,086,859
Southern Africa Buddhism in Mauritius 1,230,602
North America Buddhism in Mexico 106,202,903
Eastern Europe Buddhism in Moldova 4,455,421
Central Asia Buddhism in Mongolia 2,791,272 50%
North Africa Buddhism in Morocco 32,725,847
Southern Africa Buddhism in Mozambique 19,406,703
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Myanmar 42,909,464 89%
Southern Africa Buddhism in Namibia 2,030,692
South Asia Buddhism in Nepal 27,676,547 7.8%
Western Europe Buddhism in the Netherlands 16,407,491
Oceania Buddhism in New Zealand 4,035,461
Central America Buddhism in Nicaragua 5,465,100
West Africa Buddhism in Niger 11,665,937
West Africa Buddhism in Nigeria 128,771,988
Western Europe Buddhism in Norway 4,593,041
Middle East Buddhism in Oman 3,001,583
South Asia Buddhism in Pakistan 162,419,946
Middle East Buddhism in Palestine 3,761,904
Central America Buddhism in Panama 3,039,150
Oceania Buddhism in Papua New Guinea 5,545,268
South America Buddhism in Paraguay 6,347,884
South America Buddhism in Peru 27,925,628 0.003% 837
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Philippines 87,857,473
Central Europe Buddhism in Poland 38,635,144
Western Europe Buddhism in Portugal 10,566,212
Caribbean Buddhism in Puerto Rico 3,916,632
Middle East Buddhism in Qatar 863,051
Balkans Buddhism in Romania 22,329,977
Eastern Europe Buddhism in Russia 143,420,309
East Africa Buddhism in Rwanda 8,440,820
Middle East Buddhism in Saudi Arabia 26,417,599
West Africa Buddhism in Senegal 11,126,832
Balkans Buddhism in Serbia and Montenegro 10,829,175
East Africa Buddhism in Seychelles 81,188
West Africa Buddhism in Sierra Leone 6,017,643
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Singapore 4,425,720 42.5%
Central Europe Buddhism in Slovakia 5,431,363
Central Europe Buddhism in Slovenia 2,011,070
East Africa Buddhism in Somalia 8,591,629
Southern Africa Buddhism in South Africa 44,344,136
Western Europe Buddhism in Spain 40,341,462
South Asia Buddhism in Sri Lanka 20,064,776 69%
North Africa Buddhism in Sudan 40,187,486
South America Buddhism in Suriname 438,144
Southern Africa Buddhism in Swaziland 1,173,900
Western Europe Buddhism in Sweden 9,001,774
Western Europe Buddhism in Switzerland 7,489,370
Middle East Buddhism in Syria 18,448,752
East Asia Buddhism in Taiwan 22,894,384
Central Asia Buddhism in Tajikistan 7,163,506
East Africa Buddhism in Tanzania 36,766,356
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Thailand 65,444,371 95%
West Africa Buddhism in Togo 5,681,519
Central America Buddhism in Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644
North Africa Buddhism in Tunisia 10,074,951
Middle East Buddhism in Turkey 69,660,559
Central Asia Buddhism in Turkmenistan 4,952,081
East Africa Buddhism in Uganda 27,269,482
Eastern Europe Buddhism in Ukraine 47,425,336
Middle East Buddhism in the United Arab Emirates 2,563,212
Western Europe Buddhism in the United Kingdom 60,441,457
North America Buddhism in the United States 295,734,134
South America Buddhism in Uruguay 3,415,920
Central Asia Buddhism in Uzbekistan 26,851,195
South America Buddhism in Venezuela 25,375,281
Southeast Asia Buddhism in Vietnam 83,535,576
North Africa Buddhism in Western Sahara 273,008
Middle East Buddhism in Yemen 20,727,063
Southern Africa Buddhism in Zambia 11,261,795
Southern Africa Buddhism in Zimbabwe 12,746,990
Total 6,430,856,221


By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Buddhists in a region (Buddhists in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Muslim 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
East Africa 194,114,261
North Africa 202,151,323
Southern Africa 137,092,019
West Africa 268,997,245
Total 885,475,903


Buddhism in Asia
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Central Asia 107,591,445
East Asia 1,527,960,261
Middle East 259,203,248
South Asia 1,437,326,682
Southeast Asia 570,964,709
Total 3,903,046,345


Buddhism in Europe
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Balkans 65,407,609
Central Europe 74,510,241
Eastern Europe 212,821,296
Western Europe 375,832,557
Total 728,571,703


Buddhism in The Americas
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Caribbean 23,809,622
Central America 42,223,849
North America 446,088,748
South America 371,075,531
Total 883,197,750


Buddhism in Oceania
Region Total Population Buddhists  % of Buddhists  % of Buddhist total
Oceania 30,564,520

Top sixty

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

Top 60
Rank Country Muslim Population  % of Muslims Country  % of Muslims Muslim Population
1 Thailand 95%
2 97% Maldives
3 India Saudi Arabia 99.8% 26,364,763
4 Bangladesh 119,785,291 83% Yemen 99.8% 20,685,608
5 Egypt 72,855,410 94% Western Sahara 99.8% 272,461
6 Turkey 68,963,953 99% Somalia 99.5% 8,548,670
7 Iran 66,657,502 98% Turkey 99% 68,963,953
8 Nigeria 64,385,994 50% Algeria 99% 32,206,534
9 China 39,189,414 3% Afghanistan 99% 29,629,697
10 Ethiopia 34,700,310 47.5% Oman 99% 2,971,567
11 Morocco 32,300,410 98.7% Morocco 98.7% 32,300,410
12 Algeria 32,206,534 99% Iran 98% 66,657,502
13 Afghanistan 29,629,697 99% Tunisia 98% 9,873,451
14 Sudan 28,131,240 70% Comoros 98% 657,822
15 Saudi Arabia 26,364,763 99.8% Pakistan
16 Iraq 25,292,658 97%  %
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21 Tanzania 12,868,224 35% Senegal 94% 10,459,222
22 Malaysia 11,976,568 50% Djibouti 94% 448,100
23 Mali 11,062,376 90% Azerbaijan 93.4% 7,389,783
24 Senegal 10,459,222 94% Jordan 92% 5,298,953
25 Tunisia 9,873,451 98% Mali 90% 11,062,376
26 Niger 9,332,749 80% Gambia 90% 1,433,930
27 Somalia 8,548,670 99.5%
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