Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,250,000

% of World Population

6.2 %

People Groups

669

Unreached Groups

505 (75.5 %)

Map Notes
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
%
Evangelical
Scripture
Status
Est. Workers
Needed *
 Vietnamese Denmark 9,900 Vietnamese Buddhism 10.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
 Sinhalese Denmark 7,200 Sinhala Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Drukpa, Dzongkha Denmark 700 Dzongkha Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Vietnamese Czechia 39,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
 Mongol, Khalka Czechia 2,400 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism 0.20 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
 Vietnamese Cyprus 7,700 Vietnamese Buddhism 9.40 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
 Sinhalese Cyprus 8,000 Sinhala Buddhism 6.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
 Chinese, general Cyprus 1,200 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism 12.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
 South Asian, general Cyprus 16,000 Hindi Buddhism 3.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
 Chinese, general Christmas Island 600 Language unknown Buddhism 14.00 % 2.00 % Unspecified -
 Sino-Burmese China, Macau 21,000 Burmese Buddhism 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Thai China, Macau 900 Thai Buddhism 1.70 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
 Thai China, Hong Kong 10,000 Thai Buddhism 1.40 % 0.60 % Complete Bible 1
 Japanese China, Hong Kong 10,000 Japanese Buddhism 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
 Vietnamese China, Hong Kong 47,000 Vietnamese Buddhism 9.40 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
 Sinhalese China, Hong Kong 800 Sinhala Buddhism 1.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Bai, Southern China 671,000 Bai, Southern Buddhism 0.13 % 0.13 % Bible Portions 13
 Burmese China 26,000 Burmese Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Chrame China 50,000 Pumi, Northern Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 De'ang, Shwe China 7,900 Palaung, Shwe Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
 Groma China 19,000 Groma Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
 Guiqiong China 13,000 Guiqiong Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
 Hu China 1,100 Hu Buddhism 0.27 % 0.27 % Translation Needed 1
 Japanese China 6,900 Japanese Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
 Tai Khang China 42,000 Kang Buddhism 1.00 % 0.30 % Unspecified 1
Totals: 669 Peoples   503,250,000     505       5,783


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