Pew Research Center's December 18, 2012 profile of global Buddhists within its Global Religious Landscape study, stating there were about 488 million Buddhists worldwide as of 2010, 7 percent of the global population, a figure the study notes includes members of groups that identify as Buddhist such as Soka Gakkai and Hoa Hao.
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Pew's first major demographic modeling exercise for world religions, based on analysis of more than 2,500 censuses, surveys and population registers across 232 countries and territories; the report itself notes its Buddhist figure includes members of groups that identify as Buddhist such as Soka Gakkai and Hoa Hao, and that branch affiliation is not measured in most censuses, both read in full directly from pewresearch.org. Citation
PublisherPew Research Center
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-buddhist/
Source TypeDemographic study
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This source names Soka Gakkai directly: "that identify as Buddhist such as Soka Gakkai and Hoa Hao."
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- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Religions, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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