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Variables: Total number of Mahayanists by country and percent of population that are Mahayanists: The Greater Vehicle school of Buddhists (qv), or Northern Buddhism (China, Japan, et alia). (World Religion Database, 2020) (Mahayanists)1


% Mahayanists


NATION

REGION

Mahayanists
(2020)1 [X]

% Mahayanists
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 7,786 0.02
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe
Algeria Northern Africa 6,578 0.02
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe
Angola Middle Africa 2,810 0.01
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 22,158 0.05
Armenia Western Asia
Aruba Caribbean 137 0.13
Australia Australia/New Zealand 552,841 2.17
Austria Western Europe 8,682 0.10
Azerbaijan Western Asia
Bahamas, The Caribbean
Bahrain Western Asia 3,718 0.22
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 1,383 0.00
Barbados Caribbean 115 0.04
Belarus Eastern Europe 1,134 0.01
Belgium Western Europe 24,271 0.21
Belize Central America 1,948 0.49
Benin Western Africa
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 189 0.02
Bolivia South America 8,680 0.07
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe
Botswana Southern Africa 1,312 0.06
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 541,513 0.25
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 31,444 7.19
Bulgaria Eastern Europe
Burkina Faso Western Africa
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 352,032 0.65
Burundi Eastern Africa
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 414,296 2.48
Cameroon Middle Africa 478 0.00
Canada Northern America 583,194 1.55
Cape Verde Western Africa
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa
Chad Middle Africa 2,464 0.02
Channel Islands Northern Europe 6 0.00
Chile South America 12,118 0.06
China Eastern Asia 216,834,877 15.07
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 2,028 0.00
Comoros Eastern Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 5,070 0.01
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 237 0.00
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 1,337 0.03
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 13,189 0.05
Croatia Southern Europe
Cuba Caribbean 6,154 0.05
Curacao Caribbean 815 0.50
Cyprus Western Asia
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 50,868 0.48
Denmark Northern Europe 12,636 0.22
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa
Dominica Caribbean 94 0.13
Dominican Republic Caribbean 1,953 0.02
Ecuador South America 18,551 0.11
Egypt Northern Africa 998 0.00
El Salvador Central America 623 0.01
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa
Eritrea Eastern Africa
Estonia Northern Europe 708 0.05
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 1,839 0.00
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America 7 0.20
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia
Finland Northern Europe 2,493 0.05
France Western Europe 420,002 0.64
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia 264 0.09
Gabon Middle Africa
Gambia, The Western Africa
Georgia Western Asia
Germany Western Europe 86,214 0.10
Ghana Western Africa 621 0.00
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 4,899 0.05
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region) 1,689 1.00
Guatemala Central America 3,117 0.02
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 11,820 0.09
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa
Guyana South America 1,888 0.24
Haiti Caribbean
Honduras Central America 5,586 0.06
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 1,155,254 15.41
Hungary Eastern Europe 4,135 0.04
Iceland Northern Europe
India South-Central Asia 8,576,209 0.62
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 2,185,407 0.80
Iran South-Central Asia 504 0.00
Iraq Western Asia 362 0.00
Ireland Northern Europe 864 0.02
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 6,924 0.08
Italy Southern Europe 39,965 0.07
Jamaica Caribbean 355 0.01
Japan Eastern Asia 70,510,415 55.75
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 21,593 0.12
Kenya Eastern Africa 1,210 0.00
Kiribati Micronesia (region) 16 0.01
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 390,733 1.52
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 12,546,389 24.47
Kosovo Southern Europe
Kuwait Western Asia
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 4,012 0.06
Laos South-Eastern Asia 86,269 1.19
Latvia Northern Europe 94 0.01
Lebanon Western Asia
Lesotho Southern Africa
Liberia Western Africa
Libya Northern Africa 4,123 0.06
Liechtenstein Western Europe
Lithuania Northern Europe 544 0.02
Luxembourg Western Europe
Macau Eastern Asia 112,157 17.27
Macedonia Southern Europe
Madagascar Eastern Africa 6,923 0.03
Malawi Eastern Africa
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 1,618,397 5.00
Maldives South-Central Asia
Mali Western Africa
Malta Southern Europe
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean 150 0.04
Mauritania Western Africa
Mauritius Eastern Africa 3,154 0.25
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 29,912 0.02
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 489 0.43
Moldova Eastern Europe
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia
Montenegro Southern Europe
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa
Mozambique Eastern Africa 2,719 0.01
Namibia Southern Africa
Nauru Micronesia (region) 149 1.38
Nepal South-Central Asia 338,552 1.16
Netherlands Western Europe 198,868 1.16
New Caledonia Melanesia 1,784 0.62
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 125,589 2.60
Nicaragua Central America 7,618 0.12
Niger Western Africa
Nigeria Western Africa 11,005 0.01
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 6,081 10.57
Norway Northern Europe 15,971 0.29
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 766 0.02
Pakistan South-Central Asia 8,267 0.00
Palau Micronesia (region) 154 0.85
Panama Central America 32,991 0.76
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 14,654 0.16
Paraguay South America 16,367 0.23
Peru South America 74,177 0.23
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 98,202 0.09
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 1,968 0.01
Portugal Southern Europe 57,204 0.56
Puerto Rico Caribbean 372 0.01
Qatar Western Asia
Reunion Eastern Africa 1,662 0.19
Romania Eastern Europe 423 0.00
Russia Eastern Europe 90,725 0.06
Rwanda Eastern Africa
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean
Saint Lucia Caribbean
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean
Samoa Polynesia 20 0.01
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 113,632 0.33
Senegal Western Africa 2,260 0.01
Serbia Southern Europe
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 784,351 13.41
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe
Slovenia Southern Europe
Solomon Islands Melanesia 2,176 0.32
Somalia Eastern Africa
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 247,584 0.42
South Sudan Eastern Africa 254 0.00
Spain Southern Europe 14,611 0.03
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 23,747 0.11
Sudan Northern Africa 987 0.00
Suriname South America 3,474 0.59
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa
Sweden Northern Europe 18,654 0.18
Switzerland Western Europe 19,352 0.22
Syria Western Asia
Taiwan Eastern Asia 6,283,309 26.38
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 1,431 0.02
Tanzania Eastern Africa 13,530 0.02
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 5,425,044 7.77
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 2,505 0.19
Togo Western Africa
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia 127 0.12
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 4,358 0.31
Tunisia Northern Africa 89 0.00
Turkey Western Asia 32,622 0.04
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 852 0.01
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia 14 0.12
Uganda Eastern Africa 2,744 0.01
Ukraine Eastern Europe 17,040 0.04
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 17,407 0.18
United Kingdom Northern Europe 153,015 0.23
United States (General) Northern America 3,697,501 1.12
Uruguay South America 67 0.00
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 35,577 0.11
Vanuatu Melanesia 603 0.20
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 34,749 0.12
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 45,889,839 47.14
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa
Yemen Western Asia 162 0.00
Zambia Eastern Africa 5,515 0.03
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 223 0.00
       

Sources

1 Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds. World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2022).

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