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Buddhism in the United Kingdom has a small but growing number of supporters which, according to a Buddhist organisation, is mainly the result of conversion.〔(BuddhistChannel - Allure of Buddhism growing in the UK )〕〔(Buddhist Channel - Seed of Buddhism now growing in UK )〕 In the UK census for 2011, there were about 178,000 people who registered their religion as Buddhism, and about 174,000 who cited religions other than Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Jainism and Sikhism.〔(National Statistics Online )〕〔(Buddhism and Ethnicity in Britain: The 2001 Census Data )〕 This latter figure is likely to include some people who follow the traditional Chinese mixture of religions including Buddhism. ==Statistics== 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,〔''Census 2011: National Report for England and Wales'', Office for National Statistics, London, TSO, 2003, page 184〕 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.〔''Census 2011: National Report for England and Wales'', part 2, Office for National Statistics, London, TSO, 2004, page 33〕 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.〔''Scotland's Census 2001: the Registrar-General's Report to the Scottish Parliament'', General Register Office for Scotland, 2003, page 31〕 In Northern Ireland, the published report〔''Northern Ireland Census 2001: Standard Tables'', National Statistics, 2003, page 43〕 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: * Buddhism in England * Buddhism in Northern Ireland * Buddhism in Scotland * Buddhism in Wales 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buddhism in the United Kingdom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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