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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 *
Vietnamese Cyprus 7,300 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.40 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Cyprus 7,600 Sinhala Buddhism ● 6.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Chinese, general Cyprus 1,100 Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism ● 12.00 % 3.00 % Complete Bible -
South Asian, general Cyprus 15,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Chinese, general Christmas Island 800 Language unknown Buddhism ● 14.00 % 2.00 % Unspecified -
Sino-Burmese China, Macau 19,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Thai China, Macau 800 Thai Buddhism ● 1.70 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Thai China, Hong Kong 11,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.60 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese China, Hong Kong 13,000 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 443,000 Bai, Southern Buddhism ● 2.80 % 2.80 % Bible Portions -
Burmese China 26,000 Burmese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Chrame China 51,000 Pumi, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
De'an, Shwe China 8,000 Palaung, Shwe Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Groma China 19,000 Groma Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Guiqiong China 13,000 Guiqiong Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Hu China 1,100 Hu Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Japanese China 7,000 Japanese Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tai Khang China 43,000 Kang Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Translation Needed 1
Bulang China 106,000 Blang Buddhism ☀ 0.06 % 0.06 % New Testament 2
Kyerung China 8,500 Kyerung Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Ladakhi China 600 Ladakhi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Manmet China 1,800 Man Met Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Kalmyk, Torgut China 194,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 4
Totals: 688 Peoples   501,606,000     539 ●       5,879
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