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Number of Buddhist World-Wide

While estimates vary between 200-500 million adherents, the generally agreed number of Buddhists is estimated at around 350 million (6% of the world’s population). This makes Buddhism the world’s fourth largest (in terms of number of adherents) religion.

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World Religions by Number of Adherent

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World Religions
Number of Adherents
Christianity
2 billion
Islam
1.3 billion
Hinduism
900 million
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist
850 miilion
Buddhism
360 million
Chinese traditional religion
225 milllion
Primal-indigenous
190 million
Yoruba religion
20 million
Juche
19 million
Sikhism
18 million
Judaism
15 million
Spiritism
14 million
Babi and Bahai faiths
6 million
Jainism
4 million
Shinto
4 million
Cao Dai
3 million
Tenrikyo
2.4 million
Neo-Paganism
1 million
Unitarian-Universalism
800 thousand
Scientology
750 thousand
Rastafarianism
700 thousand
Zoroastrianism
150 thousand

(All Statistics on this page sourced from www.adherents.com)

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