As usual figures such as these are gross estimates and disputable. Especially in western countries, who counts as a Buddhist? Many follow some form of practice such as meditation, but do not formally identify themselves as belonging to a religion or see that what they do as part of a religion.
Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page.
Buddhism by country | Region | Country | Population(2005E) | % of Buddhists | Buddhist total |
| 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 | 98% | 2,187,645 |
| 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 | 36% | 134,050 |
| Southeast Asia | Buddhism in Cambodia | 13,607,069 | 96.5% | 13,896,861 |
| North America | Buddhism in Canada | 32,805,041 | 1.1% | 364,088 |
| East Asia | Buddhism in China | 1,306,313,812 | 77% | 1,005,861,635 |
| 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 | 1.2% | 730,514 |
| Western Europe | Buddhism in Germany | 82,431,390 | 0.5% | 412,411 |
| East Asia | Buddhism in Hong Kong | 6,437,738 | 95% | 6,115,851 |
| South Asia | Buddhism in India | 1,080,264,388 | 1.01% | 10,953,520 |
| Southeast Asia | Buddhism in Indonesia | 241,973,879 | 1% | 2,419,739 |
| Middle East | Buddhism in Iran | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Western Europe | Buddhism in Ireland | 4,239,948 | 0.15% | 6,516 |
| Middle East | Buddhism in Israel | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Western Europe | Buddhism in Italy | 58,103,033 | 0.2% | 116,206 |
| East Asia | Buddhism in Japan | 127,417,244 | 96% | 122,320,554 |
| East Asia | Buddhism in North Korea | 22,912,177 | 60% | 13,747,306 |
| East Asia | Buddhism in South Korea | 48,628,046 | 50.7% | 24,654,419 |
| Southeast Asia | Buddhism in Laos | 6,217,141 | 91.8% | 5,707,335 |
| Southeast Asia | Buddhism in Malaysia | 23,953,136 | 44% | 10,539,380 |
| Southern Africa | Buddhism in Mauritius | 1,230,602 | 0.3% | 3,692 |
| Central Asia | Buddhism in Mongolia | 2,791,272 | 99.3% | 2,773,882 |
| Southeast Asia | Buddhism in Myanmar | 42,909,464 | 93% | 39,905,802 |
| South Asia | Buddhism in Nepal | 27,676,547 | 33% | 9,133,261 |
| 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 | 0.54% | 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 | 3% | 2,635,724 |
| 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 | 61% | 2,789,009 |
| Southern Africa | Buddhism in South Africa | 44,344,136 | 0.1% | 44,344 |
| South Asia | Buddhism in Sri Lanka | 20,064,776 | 81% | 16,252,469 |
| 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 | 95.5% | 21,864,136 |
| 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 | 97% | 63,481,040 |
| 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 | 5.9% | 151,264 |
| Western Europe | Buddhism in the United Kingdom | 60,441,457 | 1% | 606,092 |
| North America | Buddhism in the United States | 295,734,134 | 2% | 5,973,446 |
| 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 | 92% | 76,852,730 |
| Total | 6,437,293,959 | 22.77% | 1,465,987,215 |
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Nice to see the only religion in the world that actually promotes peace and tolerance in practise has such a great number of followers. I just had a whim and wanted to see which religion is currently in the "lead" globally.
This is the best estimate i have been able to make from gleening a nomber of different sources:
Christianity 1.5 - 2 billion
Buddhism 1.5 billion
Islam o.8 - 1 billion
Hinduism 0,8 billion
I am happy to see that buddhism has almost as many followers as christianity, which has an acceptable moral theory which is rarely seen in practise unfortunetely.
Islam seems to be pretty similar to christianity to me. Maybe a bit more extreme, but i do not know its scriptures well enough so this is just a subjective impression gathered from what i know through those few i know who are muslim, along with other input.
Hinduism just seems like a proper fairytale to me, but also they have at least one horribel tradition which is even implemented in remote indian villages to this day. That is the tradition which calls for the female widow to throw herself alive on her husbands funeral pyre. This is a good example of how wrong and extreme religion often becomes among its most devoted followers when they lose sight of ordinary reason. But hinduism is far from beeing alone in this kind of treason against humanity.
Islam, christianity, and almost every other religion is guilty of the same. The only religions i can think of that never demanded inhuman behaviour to please their deity are buddhism and the norse religion. There are probably others. Small religion like the norse one which i do not know of, but they are not really significant because of their small number of followers compared to the ones listed above.
The biggest surprise was the microscopic amount of jews, which made up about a mere 0,2% of the worlds population. This was supposed to be a global threat? LOL! Paranoid enough Adolph H?
Anyway, if anyone against all kinds of odds should find my ramblings of any kind of help whatsoever, i would appreciate a comment:)
i am sorry to see large number of people who are still bagans worshipping statues in the 21st century.
Buddhism RULES
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