How many Veggies ... ?

Inhabitants (Million)

Vegetarians (total | % | statistics)

Australia:

20.385903

611,577 | 3 % | (estimate)

Source: Australian Vegetarian Society

Austria:

8.1

243,000 | 3 % |

Source: Vegane Gesellschaft Österreich

Belgium:

10.2

204,000 | 2 % |

Source: Survey carried out for GAIA

Canada:

31.9

1,276,000 | 4 % | (estimate)

Source: Toronto Vegetarian Association

Croatia:

4.5

166,500 | 3.7 % |

Source: Poll conducted by Spem communication group

Czech Republic:

10.2

153,000 | 1.5 % | ±0.5 

Source: StemMark Agency

Denmark:

5.4

81,000 | 1.5 % | ±0.5 (estimate)

Source: Dansk Vegetarforening

France:

60

less than 1,200,000 | less than 2 % |

Source: Alliance Végétarienne

Germany:

82

7,380,000 | 9 % |

Source: Survey conducted by Institut Produkt und Markt

Annotations: [9,8 % (NeuePresse.de), 11 % (STERN)]

Great Britain:

59.6

5,364,000 | 9 % |

Source: ICM Poll for the Daily Telegraph, 2001

Annotations: high in younger age groups

India:

997.5

399,000,000 | 40 % |

Source: Hindu -CNN-IBN State of the Nation Survey

Ireland:

4.1

246,000 | 6 % | (estimate)

Source: Vegetarian Society of Ireland

Israel:

7

595,000 | 8.5 % |

Source: Survey conducted by Israeli Ministry of Health, 1999-2001

Italy:

57

5,700,000 | 10 % |

Source: EURISPES - European Institute of political, economical and social studie

The Netherlands:

16.3

700,900 | 4.3 % |

Source: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Veganisme

Norway:

4.6

92,000 | 2 % |

Source: Norsk Vegetarforening

Poland:

38.6

less than 386,000 | less than 1 % |

Source:

Portugal:

10

30,000 | 0.3 % | s=0.02 p=95% 

Source: Nielsen survey for Centro Vegetariano

Romania:

21.7

868,000 | 4 % |

Source: Romanian Vegetarian Society

Slovakia:

5.4

54,000 | 1 % | (estimate)

Source: Vegetarianska spolocnost

Spain:

40.5

1,620,000 | 4 % | (estimate)

Source: Asociacion Vegana Espanola (AVE)

Sweden:

9

270,000 | 3 % | (estimate)

Source: Animal Rights Sweden

Switzerland:

7.3

657,000 | 9 % |

Source: Swiss Union for Vegetarianism

Annotations: 9% according to the Nutritrend-Study from Néstle from 2001 are "almost" vegetarians (around 3% are really vegetarians)

USA:

265.9

10,636,000 | 4 % |

Source: Time/CNN poll 15 July 2002

Annotations: Note: A surprising 42% of all "vegetarians", or 4.8 millions adult Americans, considered slaughter of animals to be murder

According to the Vegetarian Resource Group, 4.7 million American adults are vegetarians or vegans (people who avoid all animal products, including cheese and eggs)

Source: http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/travel/18Choice.html