Reliable figures over time are hard to come by. Different surveys are not comparable because they ask different questions; some collect figures for households and some do individual counts. The other problem is that polls use relatively small samples so an extra few people reporting that they are vegan or vegetarian will skew the figures considerably. A difference 1 person in a typical survey of 1000 UK people saying that they are vegan will add 70,000 vegans to the UK if you simply multiply things up.

Things also vary significantly from country to country as some countries have large populations that are vegetarian or vegan for religious reasons.

The vegetarian society in the UK has a fact sheet containing statistics culled from various sources. They report that The Vegetarian Foods Market Assessment Report shows that from

2001-2011 number of people completely vegetarian fell from 3 million to 1.9 million

Most of the other reports referenced do seem to correlate, showing either static or declining vegetarianism and veganism in the UK over the 21^st century. It's possible that the UK is simply returning to trend after getting an unexpected boost in the rate of vegetarianism from mad cow disease but that conjecture is hard to verify.

In the US the numbers may be going the other way. One green planet has vegetarians and vegans on the increase from 2009 to 2014.

five percent of the U.S. is vegetarian (close to 16 million people) and about half of these vegetarians are vegan. While this may sound like a small number, what’s amazing is that the number of vegans in the U.S. has doubled since 2009 from 2.5 percent of the population.

The Times of India has vegetarianism increasing there from 25% in 2004 to 30% in 2014.

Reliable figures over time are hard to come by. Different surveys are not comparable because they ask different questions; some collect figures for households and some do individual counts. The other problem is that polls use relatively small samples so an extra few people reporting that they are vegan or vegetarian will skew the figures considerably. A difference 1 person in a typical survey of 1000 UK people saying that they are vegan will cause there to seem to be an additional 65,000 vegans in the UK if you simply multiply things up.

Things also vary significantly from country to country as some countries have large populations that are vegetarian or vegan for religious reasons.

The vegetarian society in the UK has a fact sheet containing statistics culled from various sources. They report that The Vegetarian Foods Market Assessment Report shows that from

2001-2011 number of people completely vegetarian fell from 3 million to 1.9 million

Most of the other reports referenced do seem to correlate, showing either static or declining vegetarianism and veganism in the UK over the 21^st century. It's possible that the UK is simply returning to trend after getting an unexpected boost in the rate of vegetarianism from mad cow disease but that conjecture is hard to verify.

In the US the numbers may be going the other way. One green planet has vegetarians and vegans on the increase from 2009 to 2014.

five percent of the U.S. is vegetarian (close to 16 million people) and about half of these vegetarians are vegan. While this may sound like a small number, what’s amazing is that the number of vegans in the U.S. has doubled since 2009 from 2.5 percent of the population.

The Times of India has vegetarianism increasing there from 25% in 2004 to 30% in 2014.

Reliable figures over time are hard to come by. Different surveys are not comparable because they ask different questions; some collect figures for households and some do individual counts.

Things also vary significantly from country to country as some countries have large populations that are vegetarian or vegan for religious reasons.

The vegetarian society in the UK has a fact sheet containing statistics culled from various sources. They report that The Vegetarian Foods Market Assessment Report shows that from

2001-2011 number of people completely vegetarian fell from 3 million to 1.9 million

Most of the other reports referenced do seem to correlate, showing either static or declining vegetarianism and veganism in the UK over the 21^st century. It's possible that the UK is simply returning to trend after getting an unexpected boost in the rate of vegetarianism from mad cow disease but that conjecture is hard to verify.

In the US the numbers may be going the other way. One green planet has vegetarians and vegans on the increase from 2009 to 2014.

five percent of the U.S. is vegetarian (close to 16 million people) and about half of these vegetarians are vegan. While this may sound like a small number, what’s amazing is that the number of vegans in the U.S. has doubled since 2009 from 2.5 percent of the population.

The Times of India has vegetarianism increasing there from 25% in 2004 to 30% in 2014.

Reliable figures over time are hard to come by. Different surveys are not comparable because they ask different questions; some collect figures for households and some do individual counts. The other problem is that polls use relatively small samples so an extra few people reporting that they are vegan or vegetarian will skew the figures considerably. A difference 1 person in a typical survey of 1000 UK people saying that they are vegan will add 70,000 vegans to the UK if you simply multiply things up.

Things also vary significantly from country to country as some countries have large populations that are vegetarian or vegan for religious reasons.

The vegetarian society in the UK has a fact sheet containing statistics culled from various sources. They report that The Vegetarian Foods Market Assessment Report shows that from

2001-2011 number of people completely vegetarian fell from 3 million to 1.9 million

Most of the other reports referenced do seem to correlate, showing either static or declining vegetarianism and veganism in the UK over the 21^st century. It's possible that the UK is simply returning to trend after getting an unexpected boost in the rate of vegetarianism from mad cow disease but that conjecture is hard to verify.

In the US the numbers may be going the other way. One green planet has vegetarians and vegans on the increase from 2009 to 2014.

five percent of the U.S. is vegetarian (close to 16 million people) and about half of these vegetarians are vegan. While this may sound like a small number, what’s amazing is that the number of vegans in the U.S. has doubled since 2009 from 2.5 percent of the population.

The Times of India has vegetarianism increasing there from 25% in 2004 to 30% in 2014.