Buddhists (2005)

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Regions of the world with the most Buddhists according to the World Christian Database (2005).

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RankingRegionAdherentPercent
1South-Eastern Asia 150,978,744 27.1
2Eastern Asia 195,132,817 12.7
3Australia/New Zealand 476,483 2.0
4South-Central Asia 26,334,806 1.6
5Micronesia (Region) 7,517 1.4
6Northern America 3,110,468 0.9
7Antarctica 37 0.7
8Western Europe 773,543 0.4
9Northern Europe 210,004 0.2
10Eastern Europe 576,673 0.2
11Melanesia 13,289 0.2
11South America 628,393 0.2
12Polynesia 946 0.2
13Western Asia 251,317 0.1
14Southern Africa 53,333 0.1
15Southern Europe 83,238 0.1
16Central America 66,446 0.1
17Caribbean 14,051 0.0
18Eastern Africa 66,220 0.0
19Northern Africa 18,344 0.0
20Middle Africa 5,044 0.0
20Western Africa 7,390 0.0


Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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