Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,860,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

534 (77.8 %)

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 Maldives 2,600 Sinhala Buddhism 1.00 % 0.60 % Complete Bible 1
 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
 Sino-Burmese China, Macau 21,000 Burmese Buddhism 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Siyar Nepal 600 Nepali Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 So Laos 90,000 So Buddhism 1.40 % 1.00 % Bible Portions 2
 So Thailand 75,000 So Buddhism 1.00 % 0.60 % Bible Portions 2
 Sogwo Arig China 49,000 Tibetan, Amdo Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 South Asian, general Cyprus 16,000 Hindi Buddhism 3.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
 South Asian, general Switzerland 77,000 Sinhala Buddhism 5.00 % 1.50 % Complete Bible 2
 Soyot Russia 3,600 Tuvan Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Tai Doi Myanmar (Burma) 5,100 Tai Loi Buddhism 5.00 % 1.00 % Translation Started 1
 Tai Doi Laos 300 Tai Loi Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
 Tai Gapong Laos 600 Phu Thai Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
 Tai Gapong Thailand 2,300 Language unknown Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Tai He Laos 4,200 Language unknown Buddhism 0.05 % 0.05 % Unspecified 1
 Tai Kaleun Laos 3,400 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism 7.00 % 5.41 % New Testament -
 Tai Kaleun Thailand 9,000 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
 Tai Khang China 42,000 Kang Buddhism 1.00 % 0.30 % Translation Needed 1
 Tai Khang Laos 27,000 Kang Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Tai Khun Myanmar (Burma) 131,000 Khun Buddhism 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 3
Totals: 686 Peoples   501,860,000     534       5,943