How many Veggies ... ?

Inhabitants (Million)

Vegetarians (total | % | statistics)

ABD:

303.9

9,724,800 | 3.2 % | (of adults) 

Source: Harris Interactive Service Bureau on behalf of Vegetarian Times 2008

Annotations: 10 percent of U.S., adults, or 22.8 million people, say they largely follow a vegetarian-inclined diet 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

Almanya:

82

7,380,000 | 9 % |

Source: Survey conducted by Institut Produkt und Markt

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

Australia:

20.385903

611,577 | 3 % | (estimate)

Source: Australian Vegetarian Society

Avusturya:

8.1

243,000 | 3 % |

Source: Vegane Gesellschaft Österreich

Belçika:

10.2

204,000 | 2 % |

Source: Survey carried out for GAIA

Çek Cumhuriyeti:

10.2

153,000 | 1.5 % | ±0.5 

Source: StemMark Agency

Danimarka:

5.4

81,000 | 1.5 % | ±0.5 (estimate)

Source: Dansk Vegetarforening

Fransa:

60

less than 1,200,000 | less than 2 % |

Source: Alliance Végétarienne

Hindistan:

997.5

399,000,000 | 40 % |

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

Hirvatistan:

4.5

166,500 | 3.7 % |

Source: Poll conducted by Spem communication group

Hollanda:

16.3

700,900 | 4.3 % |

Source: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Veganisme

Ingiltere:

61

3,660,000 | 6 % |

Source: Mintel (2006)

Annotations: According to a 2007 survey for Linda McCartney Foods, around 10 per cent of Brits eat no red meat, and there is a huge amount of ‘meat reducers’, with 31 million people eating vegetarian most of the time.

Irlanda:

4.1

246,000 | 6 % | (estimate)

Source: Vegetarian Society of Ireland

Ispanya:

45

1,800,000 | 4 % | (estimate)

Source: Asociacion Vegana Espanola (AVE)

Israel:

7

595,000 | 8.5 % |

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

Isveç:

9

270,000 | 3 % | (estimate)

Source: Animal Rights Sweden

Isviçre:

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)

Italya:

57

5,700,000 | 10 % |

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

Kanada:

31.9

1,276,000 | 4 % | (estimate)

Source: Toronto Vegetarian Association

Norveç:

4.6

92,000 | 2 % |

Source: Norsk Vegetarforening

Polonya:

38.6

less than 386,000 | less than 1 % |

Source:

Portekiz:

10

30,000 | 0.3 % | s=0.02 p=95% 

Source: Nielsen survey for Centro Vegetariano

Slovenya:

5.4

54,000 | 1 % | (estimate)

Source: Vegetarianska spolocnost