Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

502,432,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

666

Unreached Groups

511 (76.7 %)

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
%
Evangelical
Scripture
Status
Est. Workers
Needed *
 Sinhalese Malaysia 4,700 Sinhala Buddhism 2.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
 Sinhalese New Zealand 15,000 Sinhala Buddhism 3.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Sinhalese Qatar 53,000 Sinhala Buddhism 3.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
 Sinhalese Singapore 17,000 Sinhala Buddhism 8.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
 Sinhalese Thailand 74,000 Sinhala Buddhism 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Sinhalese United States 11,000 Sinhala Buddhism 4.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Sri Lanka 190,000 Sinhala Buddhism 6.81 % Complete Bible -
 Singpho India 9,800 Singpho Buddhism 7.14 % Complete Bible -
 Shixing China 3,600 Shuhi Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Sherpa Helambu Nepal 2,900 Hyolmo Buddhism 1.38 % New Testament 1
 Sherpa Bhutan 10,000 Sherpa Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Sherpa China 1,200 Sherpa Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Sherpa India 46,000 Nepali Buddhism 15.76 % Complete Bible -
 Sherpa Nepal 128,000 Sherpa Buddhism 4.22 % New Testament 3
 Sherpa United States 5,100 Sherpa Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Sherdukpen Bhutan 300 Sherdukpen Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
 Sherdukpen India 4,200 Sherdukpen Buddhism 0.74 % Translation Started 1
 Sharchop Bhutan 67,000 Tshangla Buddhism 0.15 % 0.15 % New Testament 1
Shan India 2,000 Shan Buddhism 1.18 % Complete Bible 1
Sartang India 4,000 Sartang Buddhism 1.50 % Unspecified 1
 Samtao Myanmar (Burma) 11,000 Samtao Buddhism 7.00 % 5.40 % Unspecified -
 Samtao China 200 Samtao Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Samtao Laos 3,700 Samtao Buddhism 0.17 % 0.17 % Unspecified 1
Sampang Nepal 1,800 Sampang Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Salagama Sri Lanka 321,000 Sinhala Buddhism 12.16 % Complete Bible -
Totals: 666 Peoples   502,432,000     511       5,879



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