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It is a common religion in Asia and has more followers there and has come slighty into western culture however for exact numbers go to this website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_by_country

also Cambodia has the highest number of buddhsits

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Total Buddhist population in the World

Buddhist population in China is: 1219,149,600.

Buddhist population in Japan is: 122, 933, 785.

Buddhist population in Vietnam is: 74, 664, 000

Buddhist population in Thailand is: 61, 943, 563

Buddhist population in Myanmar is: 53, 649, 200

Population of Buddhists in China+Japan+Vietnam+Thailand+Myanmar+other Buddhist countries= 1921, 989, 641

Christianity: 2.1 billion

Buddhism: 1.9 billion

Islam: 1.5 billion

Hinduism: 1.1 billion

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There are no official Buddhist countries, but most countries have people living in those countries which practice Buddhism.

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There are a total of 7 countries with are predominantly Buddhist across the world. Many other countries have large Buddhist countries but are outnumbered by other religions.

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None of the countries celebrates Buddhism

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