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Most eastimates indiccate about 6% of the world population (420 to 500 million of 7 billion total population) is Buddhist. The number is difficult to determine as some countries with large populations (e.g. China) do not provide supportable data.

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Buddhism has 376 million followers. About 6 percent of the world are Buddhists.

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Six % of the world population practice Buddhism.

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