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How many Buddhist are there?

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Over 7 million

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Estimates range as high as 1 billion plus by folks who include every possible person who might be a Buddhist (e.g. Communist Chinese who are forbidden to have a religion but hold to Buddhism secretly).
More middle of the road estimates put the number at 200 to 500 Million (about 5% of the world's population)

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