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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 *
Thai France 10,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese France 30,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese France 323,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Khmer France 71,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Lao France 19,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan France 7,900 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Finland 2,200 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Finland 7,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Finland 1,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Finland 11,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Japanese Dominican Republic 1,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Dominica 900 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Denmark 1,900 Burmese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Denmark 12,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Denmark 1,800 Japanese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Denmark 9,800 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Denmark 7,100 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Drukpa, Dzongkha Denmark 700 Dzongkha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Czechia 69,000 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 7,600 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 800 Language unknown Buddhism ● 14.00 % 2.00 % Unspecified -
Totals: 691 Peoples   501,784,000     536 ●       5,906
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