At the 2011 Census, 178,453 people in England and Wales ticked the Buddhist box. Of these, the main places of birth were UK 66,522, Far East 59,931 and South Asia 9,847, and the main ethnic groups were White 59,040, Chinese 34,354, Asian 13,919, Mixed 4,647, Black 1,507 and Other 34,036. In Scotland, people were asked both their current religion and the one that they were brought up in. 6,830 people gave Buddhism as their current religion, and 4,704 said they were brought up in it, with an overlap of 3,146. In Northern Ireland, the published report which listed religions and philosophies in order of size reported 'Buddhist' at 533. For details of Buddhism in the individual countries of the United Kingdom, see:

Question: Which place of birth are the most Buddists from in England and Wales?
Answer: UK

Question: What is the largest ethnic group among Buddhits in th 2011 Census for England and Wales?
Answer: White

Question: In Scotland, were more people who are currently Buddhists brought up in the religion or currently Buddhists?
Answer: current religion

Question: Are more Asians or more Chinese Buddhists as of the 2011 Census?
Answer: Chinese

Question: Of those who are Buddhists in England and Wales, are more born in the Far East, or are more born in South Asia?
Answer: Far East

Question: What was the smallest ethnic group that identified as Buddhist?
Answer: Black

Question: Which country has the least Buddhist living there according to the 2011 Census?
Answer: Northern Ireland

Question: Were fewer Buddhists born in the UK, or in the Far East?
Answer: Far East

Question: Were more Buddhists originally from the Far East or South Asia?
Answer: Far East

Question: How many more Buddhists were born in the UK than were born in South Asia?
Answer: 56675

Question: Were more of those identifying as Buddhist White or Chinese?
Answer: White

Question: Were there more Buddhists indicating their race as Black or as Asian?
Answer: Asian

Question: Which ethnic group comprised the smallest amount of Buddhists?
Answer: Black

Question: In Scotland, how many people were both brought up in and practicied Buddhism as their current religion?
Answer: 3146

Question: In Scotland, how many more people were currently Buddhists as opposed to being brought up in the Buddhist religion?
Answer: 2126

Question: How many more people checked Buddhist as their religion in England and Wales than those in Northern Ireland?
Answer: 177920

Question: Where were most of the Buddhists from the 2011 Census born?
Answer: UK

Question: Who had the most people that are Buddhist according the 2011 Census?
Answer: England and Wales

Question: Who had the least amount of people who are Buddhist?
Answer: Northern Ireland

Question: Which ethnic groups each had more than 20000 people in the population?
Answer: White, Chinese, Other

Question: How many more people were born in the UK than in South Asia?
Answer: 56675

Question: Which birth places each had over 50000 births?
Answer: UK, Far East

Question: Which ethnic groups had a bigger population than Asian and Mixed combined?
Answer: White, Chinese, Other

Question: How many ethnic groups did not have as many people as Other?
Answer: 3