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1. Buddhists made up roughly 7% of the world’s population in 2015. That figure will remain or possibly drop slightly due to the low birth rate among Buddhist families.
2. Half the world’s Buddhists live in China. Yet, even there they are only 18% of the population.
3. Siddhartha Gautama was born in what would today be Nepal and taught in what would today be India, but Buddhism is a minority faith in both countries.
4. Buddhists make up roughly 1% of the adult population in the United States, and about two-thirds of U.S. Buddhists are Asian Americans,
5. With a median age of 36, Buddhists are older than the world’s overall population, which has a median age of 30.
(source: Pew Research Center)
2. Half the world’s Buddhists live in China. Yet, even there they are only 18% of the population.
3. Siddhartha Gautama was born in what would today be Nepal and taught in what would today be India, but Buddhism is a minority faith in both countries.
4. Buddhists make up roughly 1% of the adult population in the United States, and about two-thirds of U.S. Buddhists are Asian Americans,
5. With a median age of 36, Buddhists are older than the world’s overall population, which has a median age of 30.
(source: Pew Research Center)
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