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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,784,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

691

Unreached Groups

536 (77.6 %)

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Photo ▲ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Tokpegola Nepal 1,700 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Toku-No-Shima Japan 4,900 Toku-No-Shima Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.55 % Unspecified 1
Tseku Bhutan 6,600 Tseku Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Tseku China 14,000 Tseku Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % Translation Needed 1
Tsum Nepal 2,700 Tsum Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tu China 259,000 Tu Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 5
Tuvan China 4,300 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tuvan, Uriankhai Mongolia 43,000 Tuvan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
Tuvan, Uriankhai Russia 295,000 Tuvan Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.19 % Complete Bible 6
Tuvans-Todzhan Russia 1,900 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Ugong Thailand 500 Ugong Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Uriankhai, Altai Mongolia 31,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Uuld Mongolia 15,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Bulgaria 1,600 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Canada 168,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 25.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Cambodia 827,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.17 % Complete Bible 17
Vietnamese Cyprus 7,600 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.40 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Denmark 9,800 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Czechia 69,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Finland 11,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese France 323,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Germany 187,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese China, Hong Kong 47,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.40 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Hungary 6,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.40 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Italy 1,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 7.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
Totals: 691 Peoples   501,784,000     536 ●       5,906
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