How many people in the world believe in Buddhism now?

Buddhists in the world have a population of 700 million.

As of 20 10 12.30: the Buddhist population in the world is about 700 million! It accounts for about 10% of the world population. The main rankings are as follows:

0 1: China (total population) is 1.37 billion. Buddhists account for 18% of the total population. The number of Buddhist believers is 246.6 million.

02: Vietnam (total population) 87 million. Buddhists account for 80% of the total population. There are 69.6 million Buddhists.

03: Thailand (total population) 66.7 million. Buddhists account for 94% of the total population. There are 62.69 million Buddhist believers.

04: Japan (total population) is 1.28 billion. Buddhists account for 44.8% of the total population. There are 57.34 million Buddhist believers.

05: Myanmar (total population) 57 million. Buddhists account for 89% of the total population. There are 50.73 million Buddhist believers.

06: India (total population) is 65.438+0.2 billion. Buddhists account for 2.4% of the total population, with 28.8 million Buddhists.

07: Sri Lanka (total population) 20.65 million. Buddhists account for 76.7% of the total population. The number of Buddhist believers is15.83 million.

08: Cambodia (total population)14.8 million, accounting for 93% of the total population, and Buddhists13.76 million.

09: China Taiwan Province Province (total population) is 23 million. Buddhists account for 55% of the total population. The number of Buddhist believers is12.65 million.

10: South Korea (total population) is 50 million. Buddhists account for 22.5% of the total population. The number of Buddhist believers is11250,000.

1 1: Laos (total population) 6 million. Buddhists account for 92% of the total population. There are 5.52 million Buddhist believers.

12: Malaysia (total population) is 28.7 million. Buddhists account for 19% of the total population. There are 5.45 million Buddhist believers.

13: Indonesia (total population) is 238 million. Buddhists account for 1.9% of the total population. There are 4.52 million Buddhist believers.

14: the United States (total population) is 300 million. The number of Buddhist believers accounts for 1.4% of the total population. The number of Buddhist believers is 4.2 million.

15: China and Hongkong (total population) 7 million. Buddhists account for 42% of the total population. There are 2.94 million Buddhist believers.

16: Philippines (total population) 90 million. Buddhists account for 3% of the total population. There are 2.7 million Buddhists.

17: The total population of Nepal is 28 million. Buddhists account for 7.8% of the total population. Buddhists are 2180 thousand.

18: Mongolia (total population) is 2.68 million. Buddhists account for 80% of the total population. The number of Buddhist believers is 2140,000.

19: Singapore (total population) is 5.08 million. Buddhists account for 32.5% of the total population. The number of Buddhist believers is 1.64 million.

20. Russia (total population) is1.400 million. Buddhists account for 0.8% of the total population. The number of Buddhist believers is 65,438 +654.38+200,000.

Appendix A: Budan (total population) is 690,000. Buddhists account for 75% of the total population. Buddhists are 5 10000.

B: The total population of Bangladesh is 654.38+470 million. Buddhists account for 0.6% of the total population. There are 880,000 Buddhists.

The total population of Buddhism in the above 22 areas is 603.05 million. The main distribution is as follows:

East Asia (Buddhists) 332.92 million (China, Taiwan Province Province of China, Japan, China, Hongkong, South Korea and Mongolia).

48.2 million {Buddhists} in South Asia {India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka}

Southeast Asia {Buddhists} 265,438+0610,000 {Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia}

In addition, there are countries with 500,000-654.38+00,000 Buddhists, such as Germany and France with 250,000-500,000 Buddhists, such as Australia, South Africa and the Netherlands with 6,543.8+0.00-250,000 Buddhists, such as Norway and New Zealand. Therefore, there are different lists! For example, Australia: According to the survey data of the Immigration Multicultural and Demographic Research Bureau of the Australian Federal Government, the Buddhist population in Australia has increased from 65,438+120,000 to 357,813 in 200 1, and the Buddhist population has nearly tripled from 200 in five years. Australia is like this, and so is France; According to the statistics of the French Buddhist Union many years ago, there are 770,000 Buddhists in France, nearly 10 years. The same rapid development of French Buddhism has no authoritative statistical data published. According to Agence France-Presse, there are about 5 million French Buddhists and Buddhist supporters! {But we can't confirm whether the specific Buddhist population in Wan Li is 1.5 million or 2.6 million! Because most Buddhist laymen are peaceful, low-key and unassuming, they think that learning Buddhism is a personal matter and don't like deliberate confession and show off! I don't like registering Buddhist associations or alliances either! Therefore, the statistics of the Buddhist population in the world are always lower than the actual number: if the actual number is 70 million, the statistics are often 50 million! As for Germany, Britain and other countries with 100 or above, the data are also data from 10 years ago or even 20 years ago! It doesn't work at all. The old Buddhist data of France, Australia and other countries 160 can not truly reflect the local Buddhist population in the last five years. To sum up, if we accurately count the number of Buddhist believers in more than 60 countries including France and the Netherlands in 20 10, plus 603.05 million people in 22 regions, the number of Buddhist believers in the world will eventually be about 700 million!

Special note: I searched/searched/collected/counted the Buddhist population data of 170 countries. Because the collected data is different and the results are different, I made several versions! As far as French data+Australian data are concerned, I will first add up the 770,000 Buddhist population of the French Buddhist Union many years ago and the 350,000 Buddhist population of Australia in 200 1 year. For example, France 770,000+Australia 350,000 =1120,000, which is the lowest version! Then use AFP's 5 million statistics; For example, France's 5 million+Australia's 1.8 million = 6.8 million, which is the highest version. Although I have counted these two versions, I don't use them at all, so I put them aside. The high and low versions are for reference only! Then I guess France and Australia have multiple data versions, namely France 1 10,000+Australia 500,000 = 1 0.5 million, France10.5 million+Australia 700,000 = 2.2 million, France 2 million+Australia110,000 = 3 million! When I use this method to calculate the total population of various versions of Buddhism in the world by analogy! The highest data is 870 million edition! The lowest version is only 640 million, and the huge difference between the two is predictable! There are 680 million versions and 730 million versions! Although it makes my head big! Although I am not sure which version is more accurate, I am in the more reliable 680 million and 730 million versions! Published with an average of about 700 million data! This statistical method should be more scientific and reasonable, and closer to the true version of the Buddhist population in the world!

Remarks: 1: The data of the world's Buddhist population of more than 300 million quoted in the market at present is the Gregorian calendar of 25 years ago! It was included in authoritative dictionaries such as Encyclopedia Britannica in the early 1990s, and has been widely used so far. (Now it is 20 1 1 year, and some people are still using the old data from 25 years ago! How funny! )。 As early as 198 1 year, the number of Buddhist believers in the world has reached 300 million, all over the world (including China 1 100 million, and the remaining 200 million Buddhist believers are mainly distributed all over Asia!

2. The road to the revival of Indian Buddhism: 189 1 year, Sri Lankan Buddhist David Hewawitarne made a pilgrimage to India; Seeing the desolate scene of the holy land, my heart is infinitely sad! Make a wish now: Revive Buddhism in the hometown of Buddha! And founded Mahabodhi Society, which opened the curtain of the revival of Indian Buddhism!

More than 60 years later 1955, there are about 600,000 Buddhist believers in India! 1956: the Indian government held a large-scale international commemoration of the 2500th anniversary of Sakyamuni's nirvana! Take this opportunity: Dr. Ambega, the soul of the Indian Neo-Buddhist revival movement, the leader of Park Jung Su people who was born in Park Jung Su and studied in Britain and the United States, organized and led 500,000 Hindu people in Park Jung Su to collectively convert to Buddhism! Sensational all over India! The place to convert to Buddhism this time is: Nagpur, Maharashtra, South India! Conversion time:1956101October14th! Up to now, Indian Buddhist believers have broken through the 654.38+0 million mark in one fell swoop!

Because Dr. Ambega was India's first Minister of Justice; It is also one of the drafters of India's independent constitution! Long-term commitment to eliminate the unequal caste system, and successfully abolished the unequal "untouchable" system through legislation! Among India's 6,543.8+0.8 billion Dalits, it has a high prestige! With the active promotion of Dr. Abe, Indian Buddhism has developed rapidly! By 196 1 year: the number of Buddhist believers in India has reached 3.25 million! 1980, Indian Buddhists broke through the 5 million mark! Reached 5.554 million people! The Buddhist population accounted for 0.8% of the total population of India at that time! After more than 30 years of rapid and low-key peaceful development; Indian Buddhists have quietly broken through the 20 million mark and are still moving towards 30 million with the original peaceful, low-key and rapid development method! By the end of 20 10, 12: Indian Buddhists account for about 2.4% of India's total population! About 28.8 million people! Although this figure is so insignificant compared with India's population of 654.38+02 billion! But for Buddhist disciples who are committed to reviving Indian Buddhism! The Buddhist population can break through the100000 mark! It is enough to eliminate the sadness caused by the demise of Indian Buddhism! At the same time, it also strongly proves that the revival of Indian Buddhism has been quite effective! India's Buddhist population is mainly distributed in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bodhgaya, the Buddhist holy land!

The largest religion in India is Hinduism: there are about 654.38 billion Hindus, and the second largest religion in India is Islam with about 654.38 billion people. Buddhism, Christianity and Sikhism can only be hung in three rows in India! In addition, there are three Hindu countries in the world, namely India, Nepal and Mauritius.

3. The development of Buddhism in Macao is highly similar to that in Hong Kong! 50% of Macao residents believe in Buddhism; No matter Hongkong and Macau, or Taiwan Province Province and the mainland; Buddhism is the largest religion in this area! Taoism is the second largest religion in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan! Among dozens of religions in Taiwan Province Province, Taoism is the only one with a population of one million! Buddhism is the only religion with a population of ten million! Among them, the population of Taoism in Taiwan Province Province is as high as 4 million, accounting for 18% of the total population in Taiwan Province Province. I'm glad to see the healthy and rapid development of Taoism. Bless Taoism!

4. 80% of Japanese residents believe in Shintoism and Buddhism, 44.8% of the Japanese population believe in Buddhism as their first belief and consider themselves as Buddhists instead of Shintoism, and 49.6% believe in Shintoism as their first belief and consider themselves as Shintoists.

Five years ago, the Buddhist population in the United States only accounted for 0.7% of the total population in the United States. In the past five years, American Buddhism has developed like a rocket! A large number of white people converted to Buddhism. Among the more than 4 million Buddhist laymen in the United States, more than half are American whites, and there are more than 2,000 Buddhist temples (/Jing She/Zen Jing Center/Buddhist Dojo) in the United States. Among them, new york has more than 200 Buddhist Dojo temples! Nearly half of the Buddhist Dojo in new york is concentrated in Manhattan; There are more than 70 Buddhist Dojo in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, new york! There are also 22 Buddhist Dojo in Flushing, Queens, new york! New york Dongchu Temple, Damockwu Mountain and Hongkong Dojo in upstate New York have great influence among Chinese laymen in new york, and Foguang Mountain new york Dojo is quite popular among whites! Attracted many white people to learn Buddhism! Xilai Temple in Los Angeles is not only the largest Buddhist temple in the United States, but also the most powerful Buddhist Dojo in the United States, attracting many American residents who don't know Buddhism to know and believe in Buddhism! The three major schools of Buddhism, namely, Northern Buddhism/Tibetan Buddhism/and Southern Buddhism in the United States, complement each other and celebrate charity, peace, respect, equality and scientific Buddhism! Besides, Los Angeles, new york and San Francisco are the three major Buddhist cities in the United States.

Seeing this, everyone must be tired, so relax and let's read the holy name together:

Nanwu teacher Sakyamuni Buddha! The southern Guanyin Bodhisattva has no great compassion! There is no big wish in the south!

6. 40% of the Buddhist population in Russia is distributed in Tuva, Buryatia and Kalmyk Republic; It is worth mentioning that the Republic of Kalmyk in the Russian Federation is the only country in Europe that believes in Buddhism. The territory covers an area of 76,000 square kilometers and the population is 360,000. More than 65% residents in China believe in Tibetan Buddhism! It is a standard Buddhist country!

7. Countries with rapid development of Buddhism {rapid growth of Buddhist population} Countries with rapid development of Buddhism in Central Africa in the past decade {200 1-20 10} are as follows:

0 1: China. 02: Australia. 03: America. 04: India. 05: France. 06: New Zealand. 07: Canada. 08: Brazil. 09: South Africa. 10: Netherlands.

8: Amitabha! Buddhism is the largest religion in five regions: as follows.

China (18%) and Singapore (32.5%).

Hongkong, China (42%), Macau, China (50%) and Taiwan Province Province, China (55%).

Amitabha! Buddhism is the second largest religion in five countries: as follows.

Japan (44.8%), South Korea (22.5%) and Nepal (7.8%).

Malaysia (19%). Australia (1.9% in 2006).

Amitabha! There are eight Buddhist countries in the world, as follows:

Thailand (94%), Bhutan (75%), Myanmar (89%) and Cambodia (93%).

Mongolia (80%), Laos (92%), Vietnam (80%) and Sri Lanka (76.7%).

8. Although the Buddhist population in Vietnam accounts for the vast majority of the total population in Vietnam, Catholicism, one of the three major Christian sects, has a great influence on Vietnam! Since Vietnam was once a colony of Christianity (Catholicism) in France, Catholicism has always occupied the highest position in all walks of life in Vietnam under the colonial rule of more than half a century. Even today at 20 1 1, Catholicism is still the only belief of many high-level people in the mainstream society in Vietnam! More than 3 million Vietnamese Catholics, accounting for about 4% of the total population, have great influence in politics, economy, culture and military diplomacy, affecting the political pattern and military trend of Vietnam today! The situation in Vietnam is similar to that in South Africa. In South Africa, where blacks are the majority, whites with a small population control the economic lifeline of South Africa and influence the political and military trends of South Africa. }

10: According to the per capita GDP published by IMF in 20 10, the ranking is 2010.

According to the latest data of the International Monetary Fund, the following economic data are obtained:

The poorest Buddhist country in the world: Myanmar: 702 dollars per capita, ranking 157 in the world.

The poorest Christian country in the world: Zimbabwe: US$ 594 per capita, ranking 164 in the world.

The poorest Hindu country in the world: Nipur: US$ 562 per capita, ranking 167 in the world.

The poorest Islamic country in the world: Ceylon: US$ 326 per capita, ranking 180 in the world.

The poorest Catholic country in the world: Blandy: per capita 180 USD, ranking 184 in the world.

Myanmar, the poorest Buddhist country, ranked157 in the world in 20 10 (20 1 10 released by IMF), with a per capita income of 702 USD! There are as many as 70 countries and regions poorer than Myanmar! Apart from one of the poorest Hindu countries, Nepal ranked 167 in 20 10, with a per capita income of $562. There are still more than 70 countries and regions in extreme poverty. For example, among Christian countries, the United States and Britain are indeed quite rich, while Zimbabwe is not too poor. Zimbabwe is a Christian country that is not too poor, with a per capita income of US$ 594 (the per capita income announced by the International Monetary Fund in 2065 was US$ 594), ranking 65,438+065,438+0 in the world), slightly poorer than Myanmar, the first poor Buddhist country. This shows that this country. Because many Christian countries are poor and extremely poor! Of course, there are also poor Islamic countries: Ceylon: 326 dollars per capita, ranking180 in the world; Burundi, a poor Catholic country, ranks 184 in the world with per capita 180 dollars! These hard evidence of poverty shows that the country's wealth has nothing to do with religious belief! China ranks 95th in the world, with a per capita income of $4,382, which is a middle-income country! And Iran, Thailand, belong to a file! I wish those poor countries get rid of poverty and become rich as soon as possible, because no matter what religion, race or country, we are all earthlings. Even if we can't help each other, we should respect each other, not discriminate and slander, fight and cheat! As Master Hongyi said.