Nations (population 200,000+) with the most Buddhists according to the World Christian Database (2005).

Complete List

Ranking	Nation	Adherents	Percent
15	China	180,205,619	13.5
6	Japan	71,274,773	56.1
1	Thailand	59,067,517	86.7
8	Vietnam	43,792,880	49.2
4	Burma (Myanmar)	37,638,916	74.5
5	Sri Lanka	13,875,725	68.0
2	Cambodia	12,850,073	85.4
32	India	8,157,630	0.7
13	Korea, (South) Republic of	7,329,801	15.1
9	Taiwan	6,236,627	26.5
26	United States (General)	4,047,598	1.3
7	Laos	3,243,598	50.4
16	Nepal	3,143,496	10.5
28	Indonesia	1,884,186	0.8
18	Malaysia	1,476,455	5.3
12	Hong Kong	1,076,518	15.2
34	Bangladesh	1,018,968	0.6
14	Singapore	680,465	14.1
10	Mongolia	654,573	24.2
3	Bhutan	594,971	84.0
41	Russia	530,680	0.4
45	Brazil	497,857	0.3
25	Canada	496,775	1.5
30	France	475,335	0.8
20	Australia	451,146	2.1
24	Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of	363,919	1.5
27	Netherlands	201,639	1.2
43	United Kingdom	196,647	0.3
43	South Africa	160,335	0.3
60	Pakistan	113,867	0.1
56	Philippines	107,300	0.1
11	Macau	94,619	17.3
19	New Zealand	93,828	2.2
22	United Arab Emirates	93,647	2.0
21	Lebanon	88,078	2.1
42	Saudi Arabia	85,667	0.3
57	Germany	84,437	0.1
48	Peru	66,357	0.2
37	Portugal	60,099	0.6
53	Uzbekistan	39,901	0.1
17	Brunei	39,335	9.7
40	Sweden	38,669	0.4
61	Turkey	36,853	0.1
55	Venezuela	35,492	0.1
31	Norway	34,800	0.7
23	Qatar	28,652	1.9
41	Israel	27,974	0.4
30	Panama	26,822	0.8
64	Mexico	25,670	0.0
46	Belgium	25,590	0.2
39	Kyrgyzstan	25,547	0.5
43	Switzerland	24,593	0.3
29	Oman	22,514	0.8
61	Argentina	21,767	0.1
43	Libya	20,816	0.3
41	Denmark	20,734	0.4
62	Ukraine	18,435	0.0
55	Kazakhstan	18,116	0.1
47	Paraguay	14,824	0.2
56	Ecuador	14,484	0.1
63	Spain	14,162	0.0
52	Papua New Guinea	11,282	0.2
56	Czech Republic	11,023	0.1
60	Chile	10,862	0.1
61	Cote d'Ivoire	10,786	0.1
54	Austria	10,755	0.1
64	Tanzania	10,202	0.0
58	Guinea	9,292	0.1
65	Italy	8,774	0.0
65	Nigeria	8,449	0.0
59	Bolivia	7,459	0.1
56	Nicaragua	6,695	0.1
61	Cuba	6,087	0.1
64	Afghanistan	5,823	0.0
65	Algeria	5,313	0.0
61	Greece	5,256	0.1
36	Cyprus	5,129	0.6
64	Madagascar	5,036	0.0
58	Finland	4,972	0.1
60	Tajikistan	4,573	0.1
60	Honduras	4,295	0.1
62	Hungary	4,254	0.0
44	Trinidad and Tobago	4,185	0.3
63	Zambia	3,977	0.0
65	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	3,840	0.0
45	Mauritius	3,217	0.3
35	Suriname	3,103	0.6
64	Guatemala	2,502	0.0
50	Timor-Leste	2,225	0.2
65	Mozambique	2,036	0.0
33	Maldives	2,028	0.7
65	Uganda	2,028	0.0
65	Poland	1,978	0.0
66	Colombia	1,846	0.0
64	Dominican Republic	1,840	0.0
46	Guyana	1,826	0.2
65	Senegal	1,736	0.0
64	Chad	1,726	0.0
43	Solomon Islands	1,698	0.3
65	Angola	1,624	0.0
34	New Caledonia	1,587	0.6
50	Reunion	1,553	0.2
38	Belize	1,534	0.5
50	Bahrain	1,533	0.2
66	Sudan	1,296	0.0
66	Kenya	1,287	0.0
63	Costa Rica	1,218	0.0
65	Belarus	1,151	0.0
60	Botswana	1,104	0.1
66	Egypt	824	0.0
65	Turkmenistan	731	0.0
61	Estonia	707	0.1
64	Lithuania	651	0.0
65	El Salvador	595	0.0
65	Ireland	574	0.0
51	Iceland	569	0.2
64	Armenia	564	0.0
65	Puerto Rico	520	0.0
66	Ghana	487	0.0
49	Vanuatu	483	0.2
66	Romania	466	0.0
66	Iran	450	0.0
66	Cameroon	359	0.0
65	Jamaica	328	0.0
66	Iraq	283	0.0
58	French Polynesia	256	0.1
66	Zimbabwe	190	0.0
66	Congo, Republic of the	162	0.0
62	Martinique	162	0.0
66	Yemen	132	0.0
65	Latvia	112	0.0
62	Barbados	103	0.0
66	Tunisia	78	0.0
66	Uruguay	65	0.0
66	Albania	0	0.0
66	Azerbaijan	0	0.0
66	Bahamas, The	0	0.0
66	Benin	0	0.0
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0.0
66	Bulgaria	0	0.0
66	Burkina Faso	0	0.0
66	Burundi	0	0.0
66	Cape Verde	0	0.0
66	Central African Republic	0	0.0
66	Comoros	0	0.0
66	Croatia	0	0.0
66	Djibouti	0	0.0
66	Equatorial Guinea	0	0.0
66	Eritrea	0	0.0
66	Ethiopia	0	0.0
66	Fiji	0	0.0
66	French Guiana	0	0.0
66	Gabon	0	0.0
66	Gambia, The	0	0.0
66	Georgia	0	0.0
66	Guadeloupe	0	0.0
66	Guinea-Bissau	0	0.0
66	Haiti	0	0.0
66	Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine)	0	0.0
66	Jordan	0	0.0
66	Kosovo	0	0.0
66	Kuwait	0	0.0
66	Lesotho	0	0.0
66	Liberia	0	0.0
66	Luxembourg	0	0.0
66	Macedonia	0	0.0
66	Malawi	0	0.0
66	Mali	0	0.0
66	Malta	0	0.0
66	Mauritania	0	0.0
66	Moldova	0	0.0
66	Montenegro	0	0.0
66	Morocco	0	0.0
66	Namibia	0	0.0
66	Niger	0	0.0
66	Rwanda	0	0.0
66	Serbia	0	0.0
66	Sierra Leone	0	0.0
66	Slovakia	0	0.0
66	Slovenia	0	0.0
66	Somalia	0	0.0
66	Swaziland	0	0.0
66	Syria	0	0.0
66	Togo	0	0.0
66	Western Sahara	0	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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