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BUDDHIST COUNTRIES

Buddhism is spread over many countries and in every continent on the world. The Buddhist population in the world is about 6% of the total population of the world. The Main Buddhist Countries includes –

1. Bangladesh

2. Bhutan

3. Cambodia

4. China

5. Hong Kong

6. India

7. Indonesia

8. South Korea

9. Laos

10. Japan

11. Macau

12. Mongolia

13. Myanmar

14. Malaysia

15. Nepal

16. Singapore

17. Sri Lanka

18. Taiwan

19. Thailand

20. Vietnam

21. Philippines

The list of top ten countries having significant Buddhist population are as given below:-

Name of the Country	Percentage of the population
Thailand	95%
Cambodia	90%
Myanmar	88%
Bhutan	75%
Sri Lanka	70%
Tibet	65%
Laos	60%
Vietnam	55%
Japan	50%
Macau	45%
Taiwan	43%

Source http://www.buddhanet.net/

In terms of absolute numbers the top 10 countries are as follows :-

Name of the Country	Number of Buddhists
China	102 000 000
Japan	8 965 000
Thailand	55 480 000
Vietnam	49 690 000
Myanmar	41 610 000
Sri Lanka	12 540 000
South Korea	10 920 000
Taiwan	9 150 000
Cambodia	9 130 000

Source : http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

The religion wise population in the world is given below : Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective.)

1	Christianity	2.10	Billion
2	Islam	1.30	Billion
3	Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist	1.10	Billion
4	Hinduism	900.00	Million
5	Chinese traditional religion	394.00	Million
6	Buddhism	376.00	Million
7	primal-indigenous	300.00	Million
8	African Traditional & Diasporic	100.00	Million
9	Sikhism	23.00	Million
10	Juche	19.00	Million
11	Spiritism	15.00	Million
12	Judaism	14.00	Million
13	Bahai	7.00	Million
14	Jainism	4.20	Million
15	Shinto	4.00	Million
16	Cao Dai	4.00	Million
17	Zoroastrianism	2.60	Million
18	Tenrikyo	2.00	Million
19	Neo-Paganism	1.00	Million
20	Unitarian-Universalism	800000
21	Rastafarianism	600000
22	Scientology	500000

Source http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

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