Buddhists

It seems funny to think of Buddhists as a minority in Korea when people think the country is mostly Buddhist. However I've figured that the number of Koreans who are serious Buddhists make up about ten percent of the Korean population.

If the government of Korea were to report the number of Koreans who are Buddhist they would likely say about 40 percent however most of these Buddhists are just Buddhist in name.

Based on my obeservations there are very few young Koreans who call themselves Buddhist. The vast majority of serious Buddhists are older, meaning older than fifty. Most tof them elderly. On top of that there are many more outside of Seoul than inside. The smallest towns and the countryside has the largest concentration of Buddhists. I don't have evidence to back this up but I'm almost certain.

For a Korean young person such as a college student to openly report they are a serious Buddhist would not be normal. Many other young people wouldn't care. Some serious Chrisitians would try to convert him, or just invite him to church which is pretty common in Korea.

I have met a lot of people who are not members of any religion. The majority of Koreans, I can conclude are either Christians or non-religious.

A hundred years ago the country was likely 80 percent Buddhist and 20 percent Confuscianist. There could've been about 1 percent or less who were Christian at that time. It has changed a lot.

Knowing that most of the serious Buddhists are older, one can conclude that in the future the percent of serous Buddhists in Korea will go down to about one percent.