Buddhists were a majority in seven countries in 2020: Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Laos and Mongolia
Source. Pew Research Center, Religious Composition by Country, 2010–2020, percentages. Country shapes: Natural Earth.
Method and data
Method. Outlined places have no estimate.
| Country | M49 code | Buddhists (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 004 | 0.02 |
| Albania | 008 | 0 |
| Algeria | 012 | 0.02 |
| Angola | 024 | 0 |
| Argentina | 032 | 0.03 |
| Armenia | 051 | 0.01 |
| Aruba | 533 | 0.54 |
| Australia | 036 | 2.61 |
| Austria | 040 | 0.3 |
| Azerbaijan | 031 | 0 |
| Bahamas | 044 | 0 |
| Bahrain | 048 | 0.16 |
| Bangladesh | 050 | 0.61 |
| Barbados | 052 | 0.11 |
| Belarus | 112 | 0.04 |
| Belgium | 056 | 0.18 |
| Belize | 084 | 0.25 |
| Benin | 204 | 0.01 |
| Bhutan | 064 | 74.74 |
| Bolivia | 068 | 0.02 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 070 | 0 |
| Botswana | 072 | 0.23 |
| Brazil | 076 | 0.1 |
| Brunei | 096 | 6.3 |
| Bulgaria | 100 | 0.03 |
| Burkina Faso | 854 | 0 |
| Burundi | 108 | 0 |
| Cambodia | 116 | 97.09 |
| Cameroon | 120 | 0 |
| Canada | 124 | 1.74 |
| Cape Verde | 132 | 0.01 |
| Central African Republic | 140 | 0 |
| Chad | 148 | 0.01 |
| Channel Islands | 830 | 0 |
| Chile | 152 | 0.04 |
| China | 156 | 3.74 |
| Colombia | 170 | 0.01 |
| Comoros | 174 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 188 | 0.05 |
| Croatia | 191 | 0.02 |
| Cuba | 192 | 0.05 |
| Curacao | 531 | 0.35 |
| Cyprus | 196 | 0.56 |
| Czech Republic | 203 | 0.07 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 180 | 0 |
| Denmark | 208 | 0.66 |
| Djibouti | 262 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 214 | 0.04 |
| Ecuador | 218 | 0.02 |
| Egypt | 818 | 0 |
| El Salvador | 222 | 0.01 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 226 | 0.04 |
| Eritrea | 232 | 0 |
| Estonia | 233 | 0.2 |
| Eswatini | 748 | 0.02 |
| Ethiopia | 231 | 0 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 583 | 0.08 |
| Fiji | 242 | 0.06 |
| Finland | 246 | 0.31 |
| France | 250 | 0.71 |
| French Guiana | 254 | 0.6 |
| French Polynesia | 258 | 0.09 |
| Gabon | 266 | 0 |
| Gambia | 270 | 0 |
| Georgia | 268 | 0.01 |
| Germany | 276 | 0.34 |
| Ghana | 288 | 0 |
| Greece | 300 | 0.02 |
| Grenada | 308 | 0 |
| Guadeloupe | 312 | 0.21 |
| Guam | 316 | 1.05 |
| Guatemala | 320 | 0.01 |
| Guinea | 324 | 0.09 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 624 | 0 |
| Guyana | 328 | 0.03 |
| Haiti | 332 | 0 |
| Honduras | 340 | 0.01 |
| Hong Kong | 344 | 8.41 |
| Hungary | 348 | 0.19 |
| Iceland | 352 | 1.34 |
| India | 356 | 0.68 |
| Indonesia | 360 | 0.68 |
| Iran | 364 | 0 |
| Iraq | 368 | 0 |
| Ireland | 372 | 0.19 |
| Israel | 376 | 0.04 |
| Italy | 380 | 0.61 |
| Ivory Coast | 384 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 388 | 0 |
| Japan | 392 | 37.21 |
| Jordan | 400 | 0.02 |
| Kazakhstan | 398 | 0.09 |
| Kenya | 404 | 0 |
| Kiribati | 296 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 412 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 414 | 0.12 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 417 | 0.03 |
| Laos | 418 | 64.16 |
| Latvia | 428 | 0.07 |
| Lebanon | 422 | 0.01 |
| Lesotho | 426 | 0 |
| Liberia | 430 | 0 |
| Libya | 434 | 0.26 |
| Lithuania | 440 | 0.03 |
| Luxembourg | 442 | 0.48 |
| Macao | 446 | 19.55 |
| Madagascar | 450 | 0.03 |
| Malawi | 454 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 458 | 18.88 |
| Maldives | 462 | 1.32 |
| Mali | 466 | 0 |
| Malta | 470 | 0.61 |
| Martinique | 474 | 0.04 |
| Mauritania | 478 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 480 | 0.4 |
| Mayotte | 175 | 0 |
| Mexico | 484 | 0.02 |
| Moldova | 498 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 496 | 51.14 |
| Montenegro | 499 | 0 |
| Morocco | 504 | 0 |
| Mozambique | 508 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 104 | 89.05 |
| Namibia | 516 | 0.03 |
| Nepal | 524 | 8.21 |
| Netherlands | 528 | 0.3 |
| New Caledonia | 540 | 0.62 |
| New Zealand | 554 | 1.19 |
| Nicaragua | 558 | 0 |
| Niger | 562 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 566 | 0 |
| North Korea | 408 | 1.52 |
| North Macedonia | 807 | 0.01 |
| Norway | 578 | 0.69 |
| Oman | 512 | 0.11 |
| Pakistan | 586 | 0.01 |
| Palestinian territories | 275 | 0 |
| Panama | 591 | 0.17 |
| Papua New Guinea | 598 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 600 | 0.02 |
| Peru | 604 | 0.03 |
| Philippines | 608 | 0.04 |
| Poland | 616 | 0.01 |
| Portugal | 620 | 0.2 |
| Puerto Rico | 630 | 0.22 |
| Qatar | 634 | 0.22 |
| Republic of the Congo | 178 | 0 |
| Reunion | 638 | 0.19 |
| Romania | 642 | 0.03 |
| Russia | 643 | 0.35 |
| Rwanda | 646 | 0 |
| Samoa | 882 | 0.04 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 678 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 682 | 0.07 |
| Senegal | 686 | 0 |
| Serbia | 688 | 0.01 |
| Seychelles | 690 | 0.76 |
| Sierra Leone | 694 | 0 |
| Singapore | 702 | 30.8 |
| Slovakia | 703 | 0.12 |
| Slovenia | 705 | 0.04 |
| Solomon Islands | 090 | 0.34 |
| Somalia | 706 | 0 |
| South Africa | 710 | 0.04 |
| South Korea | 410 | 19 |
| South Sudan | 728 | 0 |
| Spain | 724 | 0.02 |
| Sri Lanka | 144 | 69.6 |
| St. Lucia | 662 | 0 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 670 | 0 |
| Sudan | 729 | 0 |
| Suriname | 740 | 0.38 |
| Sweden | 752 | 0.84 |
| Switzerland | 756 | 0.62 |
| Syria | 760 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 158 | 19.19 |
| Tajikistan | 762 | 0 |
| Tanzania | 834 | 0 |
| Thailand | 764 | 94.39 |
| Timor-Leste | 626 | 0.03 |
| Togo | 768 | 0 |
| Tonga | 776 | 0.06 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 780 | 0.03 |
| Tunisia | 788 | 0 |
| Turkey | 792 | 0.05 |
| Turkmenistan | 795 | 0.01 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 850 | 0 |
| Uganda | 800 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 804 | 0.33 |
| United Arab Emirates | 784 | 0.17 |
| United Kingdom | 826 | 0.46 |
| United States | 840 | 1.29 |
| Uruguay | 858 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 860 | 0.01 |
| Vanuatu | 548 | 0.02 |
| Venezuela | 862 | 0.02 |
| Vietnam | 704 | 23.02 |
| Western Sahara | 732 | 0 |
| Yemen | 887 | 0 |
| Zambia | 894 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 716 | 0.04 |
