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Obtaining exact numbers of practicing Buddhists can be difficult and may be reliant on the definition used. Adherents of Eastern religions such as Buddhism with local Animism, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Shinto, and Taoism often have beliefs composed of a mix of religious ideas.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] While only a small proportion of the population may have taken the formal step of going for refuge, many more may practice an informal Buddhism or hold Buddhist beliefs mixed with those of related religions. This is particularly the case in East Asia, where Buddhism has long been practiced alongside Taoism and Confucianism in an arrangement sometimes known as the "Triple Religion" or "Great Religion".[8] The Religion in China, Vietnam, Japan, Korea; Vinegar tasters; Sinosphere; Neo-Confucianism; East Asian Buddhism and Buddhism and Eastern teaching articles discuss this phenomenon in greater detail.
In Nepal, the land where Buddhism was born, the religion has severely declined over the past centuries. The decline started after killing and forced conversion of Buddhist population by Hindu monarchs. Islamic invasions in the early first millennium, which established rule over North India, leaded to second gradual decline of Buddhism from the country because most of the Buddhists freely converted to Islam. Most followers of Buddhism do not belong to structured congregations nor practice publicly making it difficult to accurately estimate the number of worldwide practitioners with some estimates reporting between 350 million to perhaps over one billion Buddhists throughout the world.[9][10][11][12][13] The largest major branch of Buddhism is Mahayana, with no fewer than 185 million adherents.[14] Mahayana is a dominant force in the religious landscape of East Asia, leading it to also be known as East Asian Buddhism, and is the predominant form of Buddhism practiced in China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam. Vajrayana, particularly in the form of Tibetan Buddhism, is a school related to but distinct from Mahayana, with approximately 20 million adherents largely living in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Bhutan, Mongolia, and surrounding areas in China, India, and Russia.[14] Theravada is the other most widespread branch of Buddhism, with no fewer than 125 million adherents, and is the predominant form of Buddhism practiced in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Burma.[14]
An additional challenge in gathering accurate estimates regarding Buddhist adherents in many Asian countries is the presence of national governments (often Communist) that are hostile either to religion generally or to Buddhism specifically. Government policies in these countries may encourage the under-reporting or non-reporting of religious adherence, resulting in official totals that may drastically under-estimate the number of religious practitioners in these countries. This phenomenon is a confounding factor in gathering data for countries such as China and North Korea. Similar historical policies, coupled with shortcomings of infrastructure, make census data for Laos and Vietnam difficult to assess.[15][16][17]
Most of the Buddhists live in Asia, and the provisional state of the numbers in governments who evolve from the Communism forces a constant revision, although each new annual revision shows an increase the very significant discharge of the Buddhism. The main reason for this enormous discrepancy in the present numbers is the combination of three types different from difficulties to give to a Chinese number on, the greatest country of population in World recently. The Buddhism has a very important historical root in those countries, nevertheless is officially an atheist country, in which in addition it practices syncretist a very heterogeneous traditional religion popular and that, among others, it includes Buddhist elements, and that frequently are listed separately.

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Buddhism by Country
Region Country or Territory Population(2007E)  % Buddhist Buddhist total
Central Asia Afghanistan Afghanistan 31,889,923 0.2%[18][not in citation given] 63,780
South America Argentina Argentina 40,301,927 0.1%[19] 40,302
Caribbean Aruba Aruba 100,018 1.2% (approx)[20][not in citation given] 1,200
Oceania Australia Australia 20,434,176 2.1%[21] 429,119
Central Europe Austria Austria 8,199,783 0.130%[citation needed] 10,660
Middle East Bahrain Bahrain 708,573 1%[22][not in citation given] 7,086
South Asia Bangladesh Bangladesh 150,448,339 0.7%[23] 1,053,138
Western Europe Belgium Belgium 10,392,226 0.29%[24] 31,177
Central America Belize Belize 294,385 0.35%[25] 1,030
South Asia Bhutan Bhutan 708,427 66% – 75%[26] – 94% 467,562 – 531,320 – 665,921
South America Bolivia Bolivia 9,119,152 0.26%[27] 23,710
Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,552,198 0.01%[citation needed] 455
South America Brazil Brazil 190,010,647 0.130%[28] 247,014
Southeast Asia Brunei Brunei 374,577 9.09%[29] 29,822
Eastern Europe Bulgaria Bulgaria 7,322,858 0.015% (approx) 1,098
Southeast Asia Myanmar Burma 55,400,000 90%[30] 42,636,562 – 48,019,200
Southeast Asia Cambodia Cambodia 14,805,358 96.4%[31] 14,272,365
North America Canada Canada 33,390,141 1.0[32] 300,345
South America Chile Chile 16,284,741 0.04%[33][34] 6,514
East Asia China China 1,321,851,888 8%[35][36] – 21%[37][38] – +80%[39][12][40][41][42] – 91%[43] 105,748,151 – 277,588,896 – 1,057,481,510 – 1,202,885,218
South America Colombia Colombia 44,379,598 0.01%[44] 4,438
Central America Costa Rica Costa Rica 4,133,884 2.34%[45] 96,733
West Africa Côte d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 18,013,409 0.06%[46] 10,808
Balkans Croatia Croatia 4,493,312 0.03% 1,348
Caribbean Cuba Cuba 11,394,043 0.25%[47] 28,485
Middle East Cyprus Cyprus 788,457 1% 7,885
Central Europe Czech Republic Czech Republic 10,228,744 0.5% 51,144
Western Europe Denmark Denmark 5,468,120 >0.5%[48] 20,000–25,000[48]
Caribbean Dominica Dominica 72,386 0.25%[49] 181
Caribbean Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 9,365,818 0.1%[50] 9,366
Southeast Asia East Timor East Timor 1,084,971 0.1% (approx)[51] 1,085
South America Ecuador Ecuador 13,755,680 0.2%[52] 27,511
Central America El Salvador El Salvador 6,948,073 0.03%[53] 2,084
East Africa Eritrea Eritrea 4,906,585 0.1%[54] 4,907
Eastern Europe Estonia Estonia 1,315,912 0.4%[55] 5,264
Oceania Fiji Fiji 918,675 1% 9,187
Western Europe Finland Finland 5,238,460 0.1%[56] 5,238
Western Europe France France 63,718,187 1.2% 764,618
South America French Guiana French Guiana 203,321 4%[57] 8,132
Oceania French Polynesia French Polynesia 278,963 7.5% 20,922
Caucasus Georgia (country) Georgia 4,646,003 0.1% (approx)[58] 4,646
Western Europe Germany Germany 82,400,996 1% 824,001
West Africa Ghana Ghana 22,931,299 0.05%[59] 11,466
Balkans Greece Greece 10,706,290 0.1% (approx) 10,706
Central America Guatemala Guatemala 12,728,111 0.1%[60] 12,728
West Africa Guinea Guinea 9,947,814 0.1% (approx)[61] 9,948
South America Guyana Guyana 769,095 0.25%[62] 1,923
Central America Honduras Honduras 7,483,763 0.1%[63] 7,484
East Asia Hong Kong Hong Kong 6,980,412 10.1%[64] – 92%[65] 705,022 – 6,421,980
Eastern Europe Hungary Hungary 9,956,108 0.05% 5,223[66]
Western Europe Iceland Iceland 301,931 0.15%[67] 453
South Asia India India 1,129,866,154 0.8%[68]- 3.25%[69] 12,248,969 – 37,913,134
Southeast Asia Indonesia Indonesia 234,693,997 1%[70] 2,346,940
Middle East Iran Iran 72,212,000 N/A N/A
Western Europe Republic of Ireland Ireland 4,109,086 0.2%[71] 8,218[72]
Middle East Israel Israel 6,426,679 0.1%[73] 6,426
Western Europe Italy Italy 58,147,733 0.2%[74][75][76] 116,295
Caribbean Jamaica Jamaica 2,780,132 0.3%[77] 8,340
East Asia Japan Japan 127,433,494 20% – 45%[78] – 96.7% 57,061,994–91,000,000–123,317,953
Central Asia Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 15,284,929 0.55%[79] 84,067
East Asia North Korea North Korea 23,301,725 4.5% (approx)[80][81][82] 10,000[83] – 15,029,613
East Asia South Korea South Korea 49,044,790 22.8%[84][85][86][87][88]-38% 11,427,436–18,572,500
Central Asia Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 5,284,149 0.35%[89] 18,495
Middle East Kuwait Kuwait 2,505,559 4%[90] 100,222
Southeast Asia Laos Laos 6,521,998 67%[91] – 98% 4,369,739 – 6,391,558
Eastern Europe Latvia Latvia 2,259,810 0.004%[92] 90
Middle East Lebanon Lebanon 3,925,502 0.1%[93] 3,926
Southern Africa Lesotho Lesotho 2,125,262 0.1% (approx)[94] 2,125
West Africa Liberia Liberia 3,195,931 0.1%[95] 3,196
North Africa Libya Libya 6,036,914 0.3%[96] 18,120
Western Europe Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 34,247 0.22%[97] 75
East Asia Macau Macau 456,989 17%[98] – 50%[99] – 85%[100][101] 77,688 – 228,495 – 388,441
East Africa Madagascar Madagascar 19,448,815 0.1%[102] 19,449
Southeast Asia Malaysia Malaysia 24,821,286 22%[103] 5,460,683
South Asia Maldives Maldives 369,031 0.45%[104] 1,661
East Africa Mauritius Mauritius 1,250,882 2.5%[105] 31,272
North America Mexico Mexico 108,700,891 0.1% (approx)[106] 108,701
Central Asia Mongolia Mongolia 2,951,786 50%[107] – 94%[108] 1,475,893 – 2,774,679
Southern Africa Namibia Namibia 2,055,080 0.1%[109] 2,055
South Asia Nepal Nepal 28,901,790 11%[110] – 21% 3,179,197 – 6,159,510
Western Europe Netherlands Netherlands 16,570,613 0.105%[111] – 1%[112] 17,399 – 165,706
Caribbean Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 223,652 0.7% (approx) 1,566
Oceania New Caledonia New Caledonia 221,943 3%[113] 6,657
Oceania New Zealand New Zealand 4,115,771 1.2%[114] 49,389
Central America Nicaragua Nicaragua 5,675,356 0.1%[115] 5,675
Western Europe Norway Norway 4,627,926 0.42%[116] 19,437
Middle East Oman Oman 3,204,897 1%[117] 32,049
South Asia Pakistan Pakistan 164,741,924 0.1%[118] 164,742
Central America Panama Panama 3,242,173 2.1%[119] 68,086
Oceania Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 5,795,887 0.3%[120] 17,388
South America Paraguay Paraguay 6,669,086 0.5%[121] 33,345
South America Peru Peru 28,674,757 0.31%[122] 88,892
Southeast Asia Philippines Philippines 91,077,287 3%[123] 2,759,490
Western Europe Portugal Portugal 10,642,836 0.18% 20,000
Central Europe Poland Poland 38,518,241 0.1% 38,518
Caribbean Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 3,944,259 0.03%[124] 1,183
Middle East Qatar Qatar 907,229 5% (approx)[125] 45,361
East Africa Réunion Reunion 784,000 1% 7,840
Eastern Europe Romania Romania 22,276,056 0.01% (approx)[126] 2,228
Eastern Europe Russia Russia 141,377,752 0.75%[127] – 1.1% – 1.45%[128] 1,060,333 – 1,555,155 – 2,049,977
Middle East Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 1.5%[129] 414,016
West Africa Senegal Senegal 12,521,851 0.01% 1,252
Balkans Serbia Serbia 10,150,265 0.01% (approx) 1,015
East Africa Seychelles Seychelles 81,895 1% 819
Southeast Asia Singapore Singapore 4,553,009 42.5%[130] 51%[131] – 61.1%[132] 1,935,029 – 2,322,035 – 2,781,888
Central Europe Slovakia Slovakia 5,447,502 0.1%[133] 5,447
Central Europe Slovenia Slovenia 2,009,245 0.075% (approx) 1,500
Western Europe Spain Spain 40,448,191 0.025%[134] – 0.5% – 0.75% 10,112 – 200,000 – 300,000[135]
Southern Africa South Africa South Africa 43,997,828 0.1%[136] 43,998
South Asia Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 20,926,315 70%[137] 14,648,421
South America Suriname Suriname 470,784 1% 4,708
Western Europe Sweden Sweden 9,031,088 0.2%[138] 18,062
Western Europe Switzerland Switzerland 7,554,661 0.29%[139] 21,909
East Asia Taiwan Taiwan 22,858,872 35%[140] – 75%[141] – 93%[142] 8,000,605 – 17,144,154 – 21,530,358
Central Asia Tajikistan Tajikistan 7,076,598 0.1%[143] 7,076
East Africa Tanzania Tanzania 39,384,223 0.1%[144] 39,384
Southeast Asia Thailand Thailand 65,068,149 95%[145] 61,814,742
Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 0.7%[146] 7,396
Middle East Turkey Turkey 71,158,647 0.1%[147] 71,159
Central Asia Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 5,097,028 0.1%[148] 50,970
Eastern Europe Ukraine Ukraine 46,299,862 0.1% (approx)[92] 46,300
Middle East United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 5%[149] 222,201
Western Europe United Kingdom United Kingdom 60,776,238 0.3%[150] 152,000[150]
North America United States United States 301,139,947 0.7%[151][152] 1,505,700 – 6,022,799
South America Uruguay Uruguay 3,460,607 0.1%[153] 3,461
Central Asia Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 27,780,059 0.2%[154] 55,560
Oceania Vanuatu Vanuatu 211,971 1%[155] 2,120
South America Venezuela Venezuela 26,023,528 0.2%[156] 52,047
Southeast Asia Vietnam Vietnam 85,262,356 16%[157] – >50%[158] – 85% (approx)[159] 13,641,977 – >42,631,178 – 72,473,003
Southern Africa Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 12,311,143 0.1%[160] 37
Total 6,679,252,040 7.342% – 10.356% – 28.775% (depending on extent of syncretism) 489,807,761 – 690,847,214 – 1,921,989,641
 
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