Top 20 Most Buddhist Countries

Countries with the highest percentage of adherents of Buddhism.

Information based on the Association of Religion Data Archives for the year 2010.

Please enter only independent sovereign countries that have population greater than 200,000.

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Percent	Country
87.2%	Thailand
84.9%	Cambodia
84.0%	Bhutan
74.7%	Myanmar (Burma)
68.9%	Sri Lanka
56.4%	Japan
54.2%	Mongolia
52.2%	Laos
49.2%	Vietnam
26.5%	Taiwan

Percent	Country
24.8%	South Korea
15.4%	China
14.8%	Singapore
11.5%	Nepal
9.7%	Brunei
5.3%	Malaysia
2.2%	New Zealand
2.1%	Australia
2.1%	Lebanon
2.0%	United Arab Emirates

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15 Comments

Level 66

Apr 26, 2014

Bangladesh not on here? odd.

Level 33

Apr 27, 2014

The ARDA data (source for this quiz) has Bangladesh with only 0.6% Buddhist -- (88.9% Islamic and 9.5% Hindu)

Level 31

Aug 31, 2014

WHY IS INDIA NOT ON HERE??????????????????????

Level 33

Sep 23, 2014

India = 0.7% Buddhist

http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_108_2.asp

Level 54

Sep 30, 2014

Lebanon has less than 0.1% of Buddhists. They have less than 4000 total.

Level 32

Jul 7, 2015

How is UAE a buddhist country???

Level 33

Jul 8, 2015

Over two-thirds of the UAE population are guest workers from South Asia.

Level 55

Apr 6, 2018

And Buddhists are mostly from Sri Lanka

Level 57

Dec 9, 2019

japan has 50% ???

i was surprised very much. i had guessed 10%

Level 25

Jul 5, 2020

I think japan is wrong, it doesnt hav more than 15 percent

Level 74

Jul 7, 2023

These stats are so off

Level 74

May 12, 2024

Buddhists in Lebanon?

Level 80

Oct 1, 2025

NZ should be accepted

Level 91

Nov 28, 2025

OMFG YOU DON'T ACCEPT "NZ," ONE STAR.

Level 89

Nov 28, 2025

Really old quiz -- and probably wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_by_country#Buddhist_population_by_country_in_2010_(Pew_Research_Center)