Editing Theravada (section)

==Demographics==
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|- valign="top"
! Rank
! Country
! Population
! [[Buddhism by country|Buddhist %]]
! [[Buddhism by country|Buddhist total]]
! [[Importance of religion by country|Importance of religion]]
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{sort|Thailand|{{flag|Thailand}}}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|01|66,720,153<ref group=web>{{Citation |url=http://203.113.86.149/stat/pk/pk53/pk_53.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716001724/http://203.113.86.149/stat/pk/pk53/pk_53.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|02|95%<ref group=web>{{Citation |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand/ |title=The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|01|63,117,265}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|03|97%<ref group=web name="bare_url">[https://worldview.gallup.com/default.aspx Gallup WorldView] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407080004/https://worldview.gallup.com/default.aspx |date=7 April 2020 }}. data accessed on 7 September 2012</ref>}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|02|2}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{sort|Myanmar|{{flag|Myanmar}}}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|02|56,280,000<ref group=web>{{Citation |url=http://www.adb.org/Documents/Fact_Sheets/MYA.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024100243/http://www.adb.org/Documents/Fact_Sheets/MYA.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2007|title=Retrieved 8 July 2010.}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|03|89%<ref group=web>{{Citation |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |title= The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|02|50,649,200}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|04|96%<ref group=web name="bare_url"/>}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|03|3}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{sort|Sri Lanka|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|03|20,277,597}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|04|70%}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|03|17,222,844}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|01|100%<ref group=web name="bare_url"/>}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|04|4}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{sort|Cambodia|{{flag|Cambodia}}}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|04|14,701,717<ref group=web name="cia_a">{{Citation |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cambodia/ |title=CIA – The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|01|98%<ref group=web name="cia_a"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|04|14,172,455}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|05|95%<ref group=web name="bare_url"/>}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|05|5}}
| style="text-align:left;" |{{sort|Laos|{{flag|Laos}}}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|05|6,477,211<ref group=web name="cia_b">{{Citation |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/ |title=CIA – The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|05|67%<ref group=web name="cia_b"/>}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|05|4,339,731}}
| style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|02|98%<ref group=web name="bare_url"/>}}
|}[[File:Buddhist sects.png|thumb|240px|Map showing the [[Schools of Buddhism|three major Buddhist divisions]] in Tibet, [[Mongolia]], [[Nepal]], [[East Asia|East]] and Southeast Asia]]Theravāda Buddhism is practiced in the following countries and by people worldwide:
*East Asia:
** [[Chinese Buddhism|China]] (mainly by the [[Shan people|Shan]], [[Tai peoples|Tai]], [[Dai people|Dai]], [[Hani people|Hani]], [[Wa people|Wa]], [[Achang people|Achang]], [[Blang people|Blang]] ethnic groups mainly in [[Yunnan]])
*South Asia:
** [[Buddhism in Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] (by 2% of the population) mainly in [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] and Kuwakata, Barishal
** [[Buddhism in India|India]], traditional Theravāda mainly in the [[Seven Sister States]]
** [[Buddhism in Nepal|Nepal]]
** [[Buddhism in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] (by 70% of the population)
*Southeast Asia:
** [[Buddhism in Cambodia|Cambodia]] (by 97% of the population)
** [[Buddhism in Indonesia|Indonesia]]
** [[Buddhism in Laos|Laos]] (by 66% of the population)
** [[Buddhism in Malaysia|Malaysia]] (in peninsular Malaysia especially north-western parts of Malaysia, primarily by the [[Malaysian Siamese]] and [[Sri Lankans in Malaysia|Malaysian Sinhalese]])
** [[Buddhism in Myanmar|Myanmar]] (by 89% of the population)
** [[Buddhism in Singapore|Singapore]]
** [[Buddhism in Thailand|Thailand]] (by 90% of the population, 94% of the population that practices religion)
** [[Buddhism in Vietnam|Vietnam]] (by the [[Khmer Krom]] in the south and central parts of Vietnam and [[Tai Dam people|Tai Dam]] in northern Vietnam)
*Theravāda has also recently gained popularity in the [[Buddhism in the West|Western world]].

Today, Theravādins number over 150&nbsp;million worldwide, and during the past few decades Theravāda Buddhism has begun to [[Vipassana movement|take root in the West]]{{efn|John Bullit: "In the last century, however, the West has begun to take notice of Theravāda's unique spiritual legacy and teachings of Awakening. In recent decades, this interest has swelled, with the monastic Sangha from the schools within Theravāda, establishing dozens of monasteries across Europe and North America."<ref group=web>{{Citation |url=http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/whats-thera.htm |title=What is Theravāda Buddhism? |first=John |last=Bullitt |work=BuddhaNet |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-date=10 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810071004/http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/whats-thera.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} and in the [[History of Buddhism in India#Revival of Buddhism in India|Buddhist revival in India]].<ref group=web>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031206110103/http://adherents.com/Na/Na_630.html#3875 Adherents.com]}} – See the citations under 'Theravāda Buddhism&nbsp;– World'.</ref>