Buddhism in Saudi Arabia
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The International Religious Freedom Report 2007, of U.S. Department of State, estimated that more than 8 million foreigners are living and working in Saudi Arabia, including Muslims and non-Muslims.
There are 400,000 Sri Lankans, as well as a few thousand Buddhist workers from East Asia, the majority of which are: Chinese, Vietnamese, and Taiwanese. There is also a possibility that a percentage of Nepalese immigrants also help make up the estimated 8 million foreign residents in Saudi Arabia.
This amount of foreign inhabitants makes about 1.5% of Saudi Arabia's population Buddhists, or around 400,000 nominal Buddhists. Causing, Saudi Arabia to most likely contain the largest Buddhist community in the Middle East or Arab World. Recently, nearly 46% of total Buddhist population of the Middle East lives there.
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The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Saudi Arabia [1]
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