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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 *
Sherpa Helambu Nepal 2,900 Hyolmo Buddhism ● 1.38 % New Testament 1
Sherpa Bhutan 9,900 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sherpa China 1,200 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sherpa India 45,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 15.81 % 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 200 Sherdukpen Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Sherdukpen India 4,200 Sherdukpen Buddhism ● 0.74 % Translation Started 1
Sharchop Bhutan 66,000 Tshangla Buddhism ● 0.15 % 0.15 % New Testament 1
Samtao Myanmar (Burma) 11,000 Samtao Buddhism ● 7.00 % 5.40 % Translation Started -
Samtao China 200 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Samtao Laos 3,700 Samtao Buddhism ● 0.17 % 0.17 % Translation Started 1
Saek Thailand 21,000 Saek Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Rongkup Bhutan 3,000 Lepcha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Rongkup India 80,000 Lepcha Buddhism ● 25.66 % New Testament -
Rongkup Nepal 4,700 Lepcha Buddhism ● 3.56 % New Testament 1
Rigzong India 8,400 Ladakhi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Rigzong Pakistan 1,700 Balti Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Rakhine Bangladesh 20,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Rakhine Myanmar (Burma) 2,580,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % Bible Portions 52
Queyu China 11,000 Queyu Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Qixingmin China 6,000 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Qiang, Yadu China 39,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Qiang, Mawo China 20,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Qiang, Luhua China 24,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Totals: 691 Peoples   501,784,000     536 ●       5,906
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  1. Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome updates.
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