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