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Buddhism evolved by that buddha shared his knowledge around Asia and the followers decided to become Buddhism. Today in 2012 there are not many people that believe in Buddha.
6 million
Around 0.1% of the population, mostly by east Asians who have migrated to South Africa.
It is said that there are 360 million adherents of Buddhism in the world today.
Buddhism has about 365 million followers at the moment.
535 million people
There are many times more people in the world practicing Christianity than Buddhism.
376 million
535 million people
How many people in the world practice Buddhism?
Today, Buddhism is probably least evident in many of the Muslim nations. Countries like Saudi Arabia, outlaw any religion other than Islam.
Although many people think of Buddhism as being limited to Asian countries (China, Japan, Cambodia, India, Nepal, etc.) there are Buddhist temples and congregations in almost every country of the world.