Buddhism in contemporary world
Today, the study of contemporary state of Buddhism crosses
over the all continents of the world such as, Asia, Europe, America, Africa and
Australia with greatest attention to the influence of Buddhists teachings
realistically. The number of around the world is grossly underestimated. The current
number of Buddhist is about 1.2 to 1.6 billion that places it nearly equal with
each of the two largest religions of Christianity and Islam. Even with the
conservative estimate, it is still much higher than the 300 to 500 million
still being placed in many references. The 6% of world population is Buddhist.