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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,258,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

534 (77.8 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Samtao Laos 3,600 Samtao Buddhism ● 0.17 % 0.17 % Translation Needed 1
So Laos 89,000 So Buddhism ● 1.40 % 1.00 % Bible Portions 2
Tai He Laos 4,200 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % Unspecified 1
Tai Laan Laos 700 Language unknown Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.74 % Unspecified 1
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Laos 15,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Bru, Western Laos 89,000 Bru, Western Buddhism ● 12.00 % 8.00 % Bible Portions -
Thai, Isan Laos 9,200 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Tai Doi Laos 300 Tai Loi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Tai Kaleun Laos 3,400 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 7.00 % 5.41 % New Testament -
Nyaw Laos 18,000 Nyaw Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Translation Needed 1
Tai Lue Laos 134,000 Lu Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % New Testament 3
Deaf Laos 75,000 Laos Sign Language Buddhism ● 3.38 % Translation Needed 2
Kui Laos 49,000 Kuay Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % Complete Bible 1
Khuen Laos 13,000 Khuen Buddhism ☀ 0.06 % 0.06 % Translation Needed 1
Tai Gapong Laos 500 Phu Thai Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Chepya Laos 2,600 Chepya Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Sinhalese Libya 16,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Tibetan Liechtenstein 500 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Malaysia 31,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.17 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Malaysia 31,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Malaysia 16,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Malaysia 106,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Malaysia 4,600 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Thai, Southern Malaysia 4,300 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Thai, Tak Bai Malaysia 4,300 Thai, Southern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Totals: 686 Peoples   501,258,000     534 ●       5,943
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