Buddhism in Africa

Buddhism is practised throughout Africa. Though there have been some conversions amongst Africans, the majority of Buddhists in Africa are of Asian descent, primarily of Chinese, Vietnamese, Sri Lankan or Japanese descent. South Africa holds the largest Buddhist population in the continent. According to estimates in the 2010s, Buddhist adherents (together with Taoism and Chinese Folk Religion) had been increasing there to between 0.2% or 0.3% of the South African population, or between 100 and 150 thousand people, however, the number of practising Buddhists may be lower.

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