Buddhist Studies: Number of Buddhist World-wide





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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.

Chart of Word Religions

World Religions	Number of Adherents
Christianity	2 billion
Islam	1.3 billion
Hinduism	900 million
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist	850 million
Buddhism	360 million
Chinese traditional religion	225 million
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)