The figures for the percent of Buddhists in Europe is constantly changing. The most recent figures I found from 2007 are as follows:
Total Population- 746,510,190
Buddhists- 24,067,283
Percentage- 3.22%
About 6% of the world is Buddhist which makes it the 4th largest religion.
.03%
one billion
900 and 99 million thousand
6%
All over the world.
Thailand.
The people who follow the Buddhism faith must let go of this world. Modesty means they realize that they are not significant and that they are not important. To let go of the world you must let go of yourself.
The main religion in North Korea is Buddhism and Confucianism which is followed by more than a billion people in the world.
In terms of statistics and percentage, Mongolia has the highest Buddhist population, because 98% of people who live in Mongolia follow Buddhism. But Mongolia is sparsely populated, so in terms of actual figures, the highest Buddhist population is in China, the most populated country in the world. It is estimated that anywhere from 277,588,896 to 1,057,481,510 people in China follow Buddhism.
The number of adherents to Buddhism is usually given as about 500 million worldwide.
There is no world leader of Buddhism, or or that matter a world leader of Christians or Moslems. Each sect has a person who they regard as having the best interpretaion of their set of beliefs and follow his lead.
Laos has the highest percentage of Buddhists (98%).
There are many times more people in the world practicing Christianity than Buddhism.