Buddhists as a share of the population in India 1951-2011

In 2011, about 0.77 percent of the population identified with Buddhism as their religion, a slight increase from about 0.74 percent in 1951. Overall, India has been a religiously pluralistic and multiethnic democracy with people of several faiths.

于2011年，大约0.77%的人口将佛教视为其宗教信仰，相较于1951年的约0.74%有所上升。总体而言，印度是一个宗教多元、多民族共存的民主国家，民众信仰多种宗教。