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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,606,000

% 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 *
Sinhalese Libya 16,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Burmese Laos 600 Burmese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Laos 143,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 3
Tai Khun Laos 800 Khun Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % Bible Portions 1
Tai Khang Laos 26,000 Kang Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Khmer Laos 7,300 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 1
Thai, Northern Laos 37,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Vietnamese Laos 122,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Kiorr Laos 4,800 Kiorr Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % Translation Needed 1
Lao Laos 3,398,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 68
Oy Laos 24,000 Oy Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Unspecified 1
Lao Phuan Laos 147,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Translation Needed 3
Phu Thai Laos 223,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Translation Started 4
Samtao Laos 3,500 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
So Laos 86,000 So Buddhism ● 1.40 % 1.00 % Bible Portions 2
Tai He Laos 4,100 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tai Laan Laos 700 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Laos 14,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Bru, Western Laos 86,000 Bru, Western Buddhism ● 12.00 % 8.00 % Bible Portions -
Thai, Isan Laos 8,900 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 3,300 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Nyaw Laos 18,000 Nyaw Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Translation Needed 1
Tai Lue Laos 129,000 Lu Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % New Testament 3
Deaf Laos 73,000 Laos Sign Language Buddhism ● 3.38 % Translation Needed 1
Totals: 688 Peoples   501,606,000     539 ●       5,879
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