Menurut Wikipedia (US Government Estimates)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_populations
Populasi penganut Buddha per Juli 2007 di dunia adalah 1.481 milyar yaitu 22%
dari jumlah penduduk dunia.
Buddhisme menduduki urutan kedua setelah Kristen (2.101 milyar).
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US Government EstimatesOf the 6,671,226,000 people on Earth as of July 2007
according to the United States Census Bureau, about 5.877 billion (about 88%
World's population,including the secular-religious people,some examples:
secular Muslims in Balkan and Turkey;secular Buddhists in Far East Asia or
Communist countries;secular Christians in Europe,North America;v.v...) were
adherents of the world's four largest religions (non religious number given for
comparison).
Estimates for July 2007:(Next update:February 2008)
* Christianity - 2.101 billion (July 2007 est.) 31.5%
* Buddhism - 1.481 billion (July 2007 est.) 22.2%
* Islam - 1.348 billion (July 2007 est.) 20.2%
* Hinduism - 947 million (July 2007 est.) 14.2%
* Atheism/Non-religious - 620 million (July 2007 est.) 9.3%
* Other religions - 173 million (July 2007 est.) 2.6%
Largest Buddhist populations (as of 2007):
China, 1,028,820,000
Japan, 122,320,554
Vietnam, 74,268,750
Thailand, 59,687,270
Myanmar, 43,918,200
South Korea, 23,531,874
Taiwan, 21,864,554
Sri Lanka, 15,909,881
North Korea, 15,106,650
Cambodia, 13,938,460
India, 12,274,668
Hong Kong, 6,701,580
United States, 6,039,800
Malaysia, 5,970,800
Nepal, 5,921,160
Laos, 5,566,050
Singapore, 2,705,960
Mongolia, 2,576,420
Indonesia, 2,316,270
Bhutan, 2,250,014
Countries with the greatest proportion of Buddhists (as of 2006):
Mongolia, 98% (mostly Tibetan)
Bhutan, 97% (mostly Lamaistic)
Cambodia, 96.5% (mostly Theravada)
Japan, 96% (mostly Mahayana with Shintoist)
Taiwan, 95.5% (mostly "Triple religion")
Thailand, 95% (Theravada, Muslim 4%, other 1%)
Laos, 95% (mostly Theravada with traditional animist)
Hong Kong, 93% (mostly "Triple religion")
Myanmar, 90% (Theravada, Christian 4%, Muslim 4%, other 2%)
Vietnam, 85% ("Triple religion", Christian 8%, Cao Dai 3%, other 3.5%,
Muslim 0.08%)
Macau, 85% ("Triple religion", Roman Catholic 15%)
China, 78% ("Triple religion", Atheist 12.5%, Christian 6%, Muslim 1.5%,
other 2%)
Sri Lanka, 76.7% (Theravada, Muslim 8.5%, Hindu 7.9%,Christian 6.9%)
North Korea, 63.5% ("Triple religion", Atheist 32.5%, other 4%)
Singapore, 61% ("Triple religion", Muslim 14.9%, Christian 14.6%, Hindu 4%,
other)
South Korea, 48% (Christian 49%, Mahayana with Confucianist, other 3%)
Malaysia, 22% (Muslim 60.3%, "Triple religion", Christian 9%, Hindu 6.3%,
other 2.4%)
Nepal, 21% (Hindu 80.2%, Tibetan Buddhist, Muslim 2.8%, other 1.2%)
Brunei, 14% (Muslim 67%, "Triple religion", Christian 10%, other 9%)
United Arab Emirates, 5%
Triple religion = Tridharma
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