India comes in the top spot with over 272,000,000 vegetarians due to having the second largest population as well as a highly religious population that refrains from consuming animal products. Ukraine rounds out the top twenty with two million vegetarians
How We Determined How Many Vegetarians Are In A Country
Some articles list the countries by the percentage of vegetarians found within that country.
This method isn’t an accurate way to compare how which country actually has the most vegetarians.
For example, with this method, a county of 1,000,000 people could have a 10% vegetarian population and a country of 500,000 with a 15% vegetarian population would list the smaller country with a 50% vegetarian population higher than the 10% population.
The country with a 10% vegetarian population would have 100,000 vegetarians whereas the country with 15% vegetarians would only have 75,000 vegetarians.
Top 20 Countries With The Most Vegetarians
India
China
Brazil
Mexico
United States of America
Japan
India
It is not a surprise that India tops our list with the most vegetarians.
Being the country with the second-largest population as well as numerous religions that respect animals and abstain from consuming animal products it makes sense that India has the most vegetarians.
In India, there are between 272,000,000 vegetarians among a population of 1.4 billion.
China
Although China is the country with the highest population they rank number two in the number of vegetarians living in China.
China has very similar reasons as India does for its large number of vegetarians, Taoism and Buddism are highly practiced religions within China that adhere to a vegetarian diet.
China has 50,000,000 to 70,000,000 vegetarians among a population of over 1.44 billion.
Brazil
Brazil comes in the third spot for the country with the most vegetarians.
Although processed and convenience foods have become popular in Brazil within recent years, Brazilians embrace a more healthy and active lifestyle that has happened to transition a large number of its population towards vegetarianism.
Brazil has 29,260,000 vegetarians within a population of 214,000,000.
Mexico
Mexican food can often be very meat-centric but, it also offers many vegetarian options as well.
Besides meat, beans are also a very big part of many Mexican dishes.
You can often easily substitute meat with beans in many meat-focused Mexican dishes.
Women are at the forefront of the vegetarian and vegan movement within Mexico making these diets very popular and trendy.
Mexico has 23,427,000 vegetarians within a population of 130,000,000.
United States Of America
The United States is truly a melting pot of people from all over the world, religions, and cultures.
Many Americans are also health-conscious although as a whole we are pretty unhealthy.
Due to all of these factors combined the United States comes in the fifth spot of the most vegetarians in a country.
The United States has 16,000,000 vegetarians out of a population of 334,000,000.
Japan
Japanese food is known for its love of sushi and fish, you wouldn’t naturally assume that there are a lot of vegetarians in Japan.
Japan has the sixth-highest number of vegetarians within the country with 11,160,000 vegetarians within a population of 126,000,000.
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