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Population of Adherents

501,589,000

% of World Population

6.5 %

People Groups

688

Unreached Groups

539 (78.3 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▼ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Vietnamese Austria 3,600 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 12.00 % 1.40 % Complete Bible -
Burmese Australia 13,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Australia 68,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Han Chinese, Hakka Australia 14,000 Chinese, Hakka Buddhism ● 12.00 % 12.00 % Complete Bible -
Japanese Australia 37,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 1
Khmer Australia 35,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.40 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Australia 227,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 22.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
Lao Australia 12,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 1.90 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Australia 113,000 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 2
Lao Argentina 2,000 Lao Buddhism ● 10.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible -
Chinese, general Argentina 77,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 31.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible -
Chinese, general Anguilla 300 English Buddhism ● 30.00 % 5.00 % Complete Bible -
Japanese American Samoa 1,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 688 Peoples   501,589,000     539 ●       5,880
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