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demographic2020

Share of the population who are Buddhists

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•199 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
3.9percentage
Median: 0.0percentage
Countries Covered
199
with available data
Highest
Cambodia
97.1percentage
Lowest
Bahamas
0.0percentage
Top 5 Countries
1Cambodia97.1percentage
2Thailand94.4percentage
3Myanmar89.1percentage
4Bhutan74.7percentage
5Sri Lanka69.6percentage
By Region
Asia12.1percentage(27 countries)
Other3.6percentage(118 countries)
Oceania1.9percentage(2 countries)
North America0.8percentage(4 countries)
Europe0.3percentage(32 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0percentage)High (97.1percentage)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 3.9percentage)

Asia (27)
Other (118)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Cambodia97.1percentage
2Thailand94.4percentage
3Myanmar89.1percentage
4Bhutan74.7percentage
5Sri Lanka69.6percentage
6Lao People's Democratic Republic64.2percentage
7Mongolia51.1percentage
8Japan37.2percentage
9Singapore30.8percentage
10Vietnam23.0percentage
11Macao19.6percentage
12Taiwan, Province of China19.2percentage
13South Korea19.0percentage
14Malaysia18.9percentage
15Hong Kong8.4percentage
16Nepal8.2percentage
17Brunei Darussalam6.3percentage
18People's Republic of China3.7percentage
19Australia2.6percentage
20Canada1.7percentage
21North Korea1.5percentage
22Iceland1.3percentage
23Maldives1.3percentage
24United States of America1.3percentage
25New Zealand1.2percentage
26Guam1.1percentage
27Sweden0.8percentage
28Seychelles0.8percentage
29France0.7percentage
30Norway0.7percentage
31India0.7percentage
32Indonesia0.7percentage
33Denmark0.7percentage
34New Caledonia0.6percentage
35Switzerland0.6percentage
36Italy0.6percentage
37Bangladesh0.6percentage
38Malta0.6percentage
39French Guiana0.6percentage
40Cyprus0.6percentage
41Aruba0.5percentage
42Luxembourg0.5percentage
43United Kingdom0.5percentage
44Mauritius0.4percentage
45Suriname0.4percentage
46Russian Federation0.4percentage
47Curaçao0.3percentage
48Germany0.3percentage
49Solomon Islands0.3percentage
50Ukraine0.3percentage
51Finland0.3percentage
52Netherlands0.3percentage
53Austria0.3percentage
54Libya0.3percentage
55Belize0.3percentage
56Botswana0.2percentage
57Puerto Rico0.2percentage
58Qatar0.2percentage
59Guadeloupe0.2percentage
60Portugal0.2percentage
61Estonia0.2percentage
62Ireland0.2percentage
63Hungary0.2percentage
64Reunion0.2percentage
65Belgium0.2percentage
66Panama0.2percentage
67United Arab Emirates0.2percentage
68Bahrain0.2percentage
69Slovakia0.1percentage
70Kuwait0.1percentage
71Oman0.1percentage
72Barbados0.1percentage
73Brazil0.1percentage
74French Polynesia0.1percentage
75Kazakhstan0.1percentage
76Guinea0.1percentage
77Micronesia, Federated States of0.1percentage
78Saudi Arabia0.1percentage
79Latvia0.1percentage
80Czech Republic0.1percentage
81Fiji0.1percentage
82Tonga0.1percentage
83Türkiye0.1percentage
84Cuba0.0percentage
85Costa Rica0.0percentage
86Equatorial Guinea0.0percentage
87Israel0.0percentage
88Dominican Republic0.0percentage
89Martinique0.0percentage
90Slovenia0.0percentage
91Chile0.0percentage
92Belarus0.0percentage
93Samoa0.0percentage
94Zimbabwe0.0percentage
95Philippines0.0percentage
96South Africa0.0percentage
97Kyrgyzstan0.0percentage
98Peru0.0percentage
99Guyana0.0percentage
100Argentina0.0percentage
101Timor-Leste0.0percentage
102Romania0.0percentage
103Trinidad and Tobago0.0percentage
104Namibia0.0percentage
105Madagascar0.0percentage
106Bulgaria0.0percentage
107Lithuania0.0percentage
108Greece0.0percentage
109Eswatini0.0percentage
110Paraguay0.0percentage
111Croatia0.0percentage
112Ecuador0.0percentage
113Venezuela0.0percentage
114Afghanistan0.0percentage
115Bolivia0.0percentage
116Jordan0.0percentage
117Mexico0.0percentage
118Spain0.0percentage
119Vanuatu0.0percentage
120Algeria0.0percentage
121Uzbekistan0.0percentage
122Serbia0.0percentage
123Georgia0.0percentage
124The Republic of North Macedonia0.0percentage
125Chad0.0percentage
126Poland0.0percentage
127Armenia0.0percentage
128Pakistan0.0percentage
129Colombia0.0percentage
130Benin0.0percentage
131Turkmenistan0.0percentage
132El Salvador0.0percentage
133Lebanon0.0percentage
134Guatemala0.0percentage
135Honduras0.0percentage
136Cape Verde0.0percentage
137Nicaragua0.0percentage
138Tajikistan0.0percentage
139Republic of the Congo0.0percentage
140Moldova, Republic of0.0percentage
141Haiti0.0percentage
142Papua New Guinea0.0percentage
143Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0percentage
144Angola0.0percentage
145South Sudan0.0percentage
146Azerbaijan0.0percentage
147Zambia0.0percentage
148Central African Republic0.0percentage
149Cameroon0.0percentage
150Mozambique0.0percentage
151Malawi0.0percentage
152Togo0.0percentage
153Burkina Faso0.0percentage
154Jamaica0.0percentage
155Ethiopia0.0percentage
156Kenya0.0percentage
157Eritrea0.0percentage
158Uganda0.0percentage
159Yemen0.0percentage
160Nigeria0.0percentage
161Senegal0.0percentage
162United Republic of Tanzania0.0percentage
163Burundi0.0percentage
164Albania0.0percentage
165Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0percentage
166Egypt0.0percentage
167Lesotho0.0percentage
168Islamic Republic of Iran0.0percentage
169Comoros0.0percentage
170Mayotte0.0percentage
171Djibouti0.0percentage
172Gabon0.0percentage
173Republic of The Gambia0.0percentage
174State of Palestine0.0percentage
175Ghana0.0percentage
176Kiribati0.0percentage
177Grenada0.0percentage
178Iraq0.0percentage
179Cote d'Ivoire0.0percentage
180Liberia0.0percentage
181Mali0.0percentage
182Mauritania0.0percentage
183Montenegro0.0percentage
184Morocco0.0percentage
185Niger0.0percentage
186Guinea-Bissau0.0percentage
187Rwanda0.0percentage
188Saint Lucia0.0percentage
189Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0percentage
190Sao Tome and Principe0.0percentage
191Sierra Leone0.0percentage
192Somalia0.0percentage
193Sudan0.0percentage
194Western Sahara0.0percentage
195Syrian Arab Republic0.0percentage
196Tunisia0.0percentage
197Virgin Islands, U.S.0.0percentage
198Uruguay0.0percentage
199Bahamas0.0percentage
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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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