Religion in Bhutan

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Religion in Bhutan, 2020[1][2]

  Buddhism (74.9%)
  Hinduism (22.6%)
  Bon (1.9%)
  Christianity (0.5%)
  Others (0.1%)

Bhutan is a Buddhist country culturally, socially, politically, and constitutionally, and Buddhism plays a vital role in the cultural and spiritual heritage of the nation.[3]

The official religion in Bhutan is Buddhism, which is practiced by 74.7% of the population;[4]. The rest of the population is mainly Hindu, Followed by 22.6% of the Population. Hinduism is the second largest & most significant religion in Bhutan after Buddhism. The freedom of religion is guaranteed by the King.

In the past, approximately 75% of the population of 770,000 followed either the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school, the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism or another school of Buddhism. Almost 22% of citizens (mainly Lhotshampas) practiced Hinduism.[5][6]

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  2. ^ "Bhutan, Religion and Social Profile". The Association of Religion Data Archives. 1 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. ^ Arpi, Claude (2024-04-21). "Why a Tibetan lama visiting Bhutan is significant". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  4. ^ "2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Bhutan". United States Department of State. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Archived from the original on 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  5. ^ Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Bhutan. Pew Research Center. 2010.
  6. ^ Aris, Michael (1979). Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom. Aris & Phillips. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-85668-199-8.