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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,589,000

% of World Population

6.5 %

People Groups

688

Unreached Groups

539 (78.3 %)

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Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Tibetan Sweden 1,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Switzerland 8,700 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Switzerland 5,200 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan, Central Switzerland 8,100 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
South Asian, general Switzerland 76,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 5.00 % 1.50 % Complete Bible 2
Thai Taiwan 64,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Taiwan 14,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Taiwan 225,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Tibetan, Central Taiwan 2,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
Mongol, Khalka Taiwan 1,100 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Pa-O Thailand 800 Pa'o Buddhism ● 25.00 % 1.00 % New Testament -
Burmese Thailand 207,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 4
Thai Thailand 21,256,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % Complete Bible 425
Han Chinese, Min Bei Thailand 14,000 Chinese, Min Bei Buddhism ● 5.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 1
Han Chinese, Min Nan Thailand 1,501,000 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.66 % Complete Bible -
Chong Thailand 2,000 Chong Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Bru, Eastern Thailand 25,000 Bru, Eastern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Han Chinese, Hainanese Thailand 8,200 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism ● 6.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
Han Chinese, Hakka Thailand 79,000 Chinese, Hakka Buddhism ● 5.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 2
Han Chinese, Cantonese Thailand 40,000 Chinese, Yue Buddhism ● 5.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tai Khun Thailand 7,000 Khun Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.14 % Bible Portions 1
Japanese Thailand 71,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Karen, Kayah Western Thailand 22,000 Kayah, Western Buddhism ● 28.00 % 2.00 % New Testament -
Khmer Thailand 65,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 1
Bulang Thailand 1,400 Blang Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.40 % New Testament 1
Totals: 688 Peoples   501,589,000     539 ●       5,880
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