Buddhism is the world’s fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists. Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted philosophies.
Buddhist Countries 2020
| Rank | Country | Total Buddhists | Buddhists% | Total Population |
| 1 | China | 244130000 | 18.2 | 1439323.776 |
| 2 | Thailand | 64420000 | 93.2 | 69799.978 |
| 3 | Japan | 45820000 | 36.2 | 126476.461 |
| 4 | Myanmar | 38410000 | 87.9 | 54409.8 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 14450000 | 69.3 | 21413.249 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 14380000 | 16.4 | 97338.579 |
| 7 | Cambodia | 13690000 | 96.9 | 16718.965 |
| 8 | South Korea | 11050000 | 22.9 | 51269.185 |
| 9 | India | 9250000 | 0.8 | 1380004.385 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 5010000 | 19.8 | 32365.999 |
| 11 | Taiwan | 4950000 | 21.3 | 23816.775 |
| 12 | Laos | 4100000 | 66.1 | 7275.56 |
| 13 | United States | 3570000 | 1.2 | 331002.651 |
| 14 | Nepal | 3080000 | 10.3 | 29136.808 |
| 15 | Singapore | 1730000 | 33.9 | 5850.342 |
| 16 | Indonesia | 1720000 | 0.7 | 273523.615 |
| 17 | Mongolia | 1520000 | 55.1 | 3278.29 |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 930000 | 13.2 | 7496.981 |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 720000 | 0.5 | 164689.383 |
| 20 | Australia | 600000 | 2.7 | 25499.884 |
| 21 | Bhutan | 540000 | 74.7 | 771.608 |
| 22 | North Korea | 370000 | 1.5 | 25778.816 |
| 23 | Canada | 280000 | 0.8 | 37742.154 |
| 24 | France | 280000 | 0.5 | 65273.511 |
| 25 | Brazil | 250000 | 0.1 | 212559.417 |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 240000 | 0.4 | 67886.011 |
| 27 | Germany | 210000 | 0.3 | 83783.942 |
| 28 | Russia | 170000 | 0.1 | 145934.462 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 150000 | 2 | 9890.402 |
| 30 | Italy | 110000 | 0.2 | 60461.826 |
| 31 | South Africa | 100000 | 0.2 | 59308.69 |
| 32 | Macau | 90000 | 17.3 | 649.335 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 90000 | 0.3 | 34813.871 |
| 34 | Kuwait | 80000 | 2.8 | 4270.571 |
| 35 | Philippines | 80000 | 0.1 | 109581.078 |
| 36 | New Zealand | 70000 | 1.6 | 4822.233 |
| 37 | Portugal | 60000 | 0.6 | 10196.709 |
| 38 | Qatar | 50000 | 3.1 | 2881.053 |
| 39 | Peru | 50000 | 0.2 | 32971.854 |
| 40 | Sweden | 40000 | 0.4 | 10099.265 |
| 41 | Netherlands | 40000 | 0.2 | 17134.872 |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 40000 | 0.2 | 18776.707 |
| 43 | Turkey | 40000 | 0.1 | 84339.067 |
| 44 | Brunei | 30000 | 8.6 | 437.479 |
| 45 | Bahrain | 30000 | 2.5 | 1701.575 |
| 46 | Norway | 30000 | 0.6 | 5421.241 |
| 47 | Switzerland | 30000 | 0.4 | 8654.622 |
| 48 | Belgium | 30000 | 0.2 | 11589.623 |
| 49 | Oman | 20000 | 0.8 | 5106.626 |
| 50 | Libya | 20000 | 0.3 | 6871.292 |
| 51 | Israel | 20000 | 0.3 | 8655.535 |
| 52 | Austria | 20000 | 0.2 | 9006.398 |
| 53 | Jordan | 20000 | 0.4 | 10203.134 |
| 54 | Ukraine | 20000 | 0.1 | 43733.762 |
| 55 | Argentina | 20000 | 0.1 | 45195.774 |
| 56 | Pakistan | 20000 | 0.1 | 220892.34 |
| 57 | Falkland Islands | 10000 | 0.1 | 3.48 |
| 58 | Nauru | 10000 | 1.1 | 10.824 |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 10000 | 0.1 | 11.792 |
| 60 | Palau | 10000 | 0.8 | 18.094 |
| 61 | Liechtenstein | 10000 | 0.1 | 38.128 |
| 62 | American Samoa | 10000 | 0.3 | 55.191 |
| 63 | Northern Mariana Islands | 10000 | 10.6 | 57.559 |
| 64 | Bermuda | 10000 | 0.5 | 62.278 |
| 65 | Dominica | 10000 | 0.1 | 71.986 |
| 66 | Andorra | 10000 | 0.1 | 77.265 |
| 67 | Seychelles | 10000 | 0.1 | 98.347 |
| 68 | United States Virgin Islands | 10000 | 0.1 | 104.425 |
| 69 | Tonga | 10000 | 0.1 | 105.695 |
| 70 | Aruba | 10000 | 0.1 | 106.766 |
| 71 | Micronesia | 10000 | 0.4 | 115.023 |
| 72 | Guam | 10000 | 1.1 | 168.775 |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 10000 | 0.1 | 280.908 |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 10000 | 0.6 | 285.498 |
| 75 | Barbados | 10000 | 0.1 | 287.375 |
| 76 | French Guiana | 10000 | 0.1 | 298.682 |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 10000 | 0.1 | 307.145 |
| 78 | Iceland | 10000 | 0.4 | 341.243 |
| 79 | Martinique | 10000 | 0.1 | 375.265 |
| 80 | Bahamas | 10000 | 0.1 | 393.244 |
| 81 | Belize | 10000 | 0.5 | 397.628 |
| 82 | Malta | 10000 | 0.1 | 441.543 |
| 83 | Maldives | 10000 | 0.6 | 540.544 |
| 84 | Suriname | 10000 | 0.6 | 586.632 |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 10000 | 0.1 | 625.978 |
| 86 | Montenegro | 10000 | 0.1 | 628.066 |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 10000 | 0.3 | 686.884 |
| 88 | Guyana | 10000 | 0.1 | 786.552 |
| 89 | Reunion | 10000 | 0.2 | 895.312 |
| 90 | Fiji | 10000 | 0.1 | 896.445 |
| 91 | Swaziland | 10000 | 0.1 | 1160.164 |
| 92 | Cyprus | 10000 | 0.2 | 1207.359 |
| 93 | Mauritius | 10000 | 0.1 | 1271.768 |
| 94 | Estonia | 10000 | 0.1 | 1326.535 |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10000 | 0.3 | 1399.488 |
| 96 | Latvia | 10000 | 0.1 | 1886.198 |
| 97 | Slovenia | 10000 | 0.1 | 2078.938 |
| 98 | Macedonia | 10000 | 0.1 | 2083.374 |
| 99 | Lesotho | 10000 | 0.1 | 2142.249 |
| 100 | Botswana | 10000 | 0.1 | 2351.627 |
| 101 | Namibia | 10000 | 0.1 | 2540.905 |
| 102 | Lithuania | 10000 | 0.1 | 2722.289 |
| 103 | Puerto Rico | 10000 | 0.3 | 2860.853 |
| 104 | Albania | 10000 | 0.1 | 2877.797 |
| 105 | Jamaica | 10000 | 0.1 | 2961.167 |
| 106 | Armenia | 10000 | 0.1 | 2963.243 |
| 107 | Uruguay | 10000 | 0.1 | 3473.73 |
| 108 | Croatia | 10000 | 0.1 | 4105.267 |
| 109 | Panama | 10000 | 0.2 | 4314.767 |
| 110 | Ireland | 10000 | 0.2 | 4937.786 |
| 111 | Liberia | 10000 | 0.1 | 5057.681 |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 10000 | 0.1 | 5094.118 |
| 113 | Palestine | 10000 | 0.1 | 5101.414 |
| 114 | Slovakia | 10000 | 0.1 | 5459.642 |
| 115 | Republic of the Congo | 10000 | 0.1 | 5518.087 |
| 116 | Finland | 10000 | 0.1 | 5540.72 |
| 117 | Denmark | 10000 | 0.2 | 5792.202 |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 10000 | 0.1 | 6031.2 |
| 119 | El Salvador | 10000 | 0.1 | 6486.205 |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 10000 | 0.1 | 6524.195 |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 10000 | 0.1 | 6624.554 |
| 122 | Lebanon | 10000 | 0.2 | 6825.445 |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 10000 | 0.1 | 6948.445 |
| 124 | Paraguay | 10000 | 0.1 | 7132.538 |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 10000 | 0.3 | 7976.983 |
| 126 | Togo | 10000 | 0.1 | 8278.724 |
| 127 | Serbia | 10000 | 0.1 | 8737.371 |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 10000 | 0.1 | 8947.024 |
| 129 | Belarus | 10000 | 0.1 | 9449.323 |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 10000 | 0.1 | 9537.645 |
| 131 | Hungary | 10000 | 0.1 | 9660.351 |
| 132 | Honduras | 10000 | 0.1 | 9904.607 |
| 133 | Azerbaijan | 10000 | 0.1 | 10139.177 |
| 134 | Greece | 10000 | 0.1 | 10423.054 |
| 135 | Czech Republic | 10000 | 0.1 | 10708.981 |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 10000 | 0.1 | 10847.91 |
| 137 | Cuba | 10000 | 0.1 | 11326.616 |
| 138 | Haiti | 10000 | 0.1 | 11402.528 |
| 139 | Bolivia | 10000 | 0.1 | 11673.021 |
| 140 | Tunisia | 10000 | 0.1 | 11818.619 |
| 141 | Benin | 10000 | 0.1 | 12123.2 |
| 142 | Guinea | 10000 | 0.1 | 13132.795 |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | 10000 | 0.1 | 14862.924 |
| 144 | Chad | 10000 | 0.1 | 16425.864 |
| 145 | Senegal | 10000 | 0.3 | 16743.927 |
| 146 | Ecuador | 10000 | 0.1 | 17643.054 |
| 147 | Guatemala | 10000 | 0.1 | 17915.568 |
| 148 | Zambia | 10000 | 0.1 | 18383.955 |
| 149 | Chile | 10000 | 0.1 | 19116.201 |
| 150 | Malawi | 10000 | 0.1 | 19129.952 |
| 151 | Romania | 10000 | 0.1 | 19237.691 |
| 152 | Mali | 10000 | 0.1 | 20250.833 |
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 10000 | 0.1 | 20903.273 |
| 154 | Ivory Coast | 10000 | 0.1 | 26378.274 |
| 155 | Cameroon | 10000 | 0.1 | 26545.863 |
| 156 | Madagascar | 10000 | 0.1 | 27691.018 |
| 157 | Venezuela | 10000 | 0.1 | 28435.94 |
| 158 | Yemen | 10000 | 0.1 | 29825.964 |
| 159 | Ghana | 10000 | 0.1 | 31072.94 |
| 160 | Mozambique | 10000 | 0.1 | 31255.435 |
| 161 | Angola | 10000 | 0.1 | 32866.272 |
| 162 | Uzbekistan | 10000 | 0.1 | 33469.203 |
| 163 | Morocco | 10000 | 0.1 | 36910.56 |
| 164 | Poland | 10000 | 0.1 | 37846.611 |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 10000 | 0.1 | 38928.346 |
| 166 | Iraq | 10000 | 0.1 | 40222.493 |
| 167 | Sudan | 10000 | 0.1 | 43849.26 |
| 168 | Algeria | 10000 | 0.1 | 43851.044 |
| 169 | Uganda | 10000 | 0.1 | 45741.007 |
| 170 | Spain | 10000 | 0.1 | 46754.778 |
| 171 | Colombia | 10000 | 0.1 | 50882.891 |
| 172 | Kenya | 10000 | 0.1 | 53771.296 |
| 173 | Tanzania | 10000 | 0.1 | 59734.218 |
| 174 | Iran | 10000 | 0.1 | 83992.949 |
| 175 | DR Congo | 10000 | 0.1 | 89561.403 |
| 176 | Egypt | 10000 | 0.1 | 102334.404 |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 10000 | 0.1 | 114963.588 |
| 178 | Mexico | 10000 | 0.1 | 128932.753 |
| 179 | Nigeria | 10000 | 0.1 | 206139.589 |
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