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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

505,407,000

% of World Population

6.4 %

People Groups

677

Unreached Groups

530 (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 *
Bai, Southern China 445,000 Bai, Southern Buddhism ● 0.13 % 0.13 % Bible Portions 9
Burmese China 27,000 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 Started 1
Groma China 19,000 Groma Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 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 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 107,000 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 ● 0.34 % 0.34 % Translation Needed 1
Kalmyk, Torgut China 195,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 4
De'ang, Pale China 11,000 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ● 0.12 % 0.12 % Complete Bible 1
Khmu, Puman China 22,000 U Buddhism ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % Unspecified 1
Samtao China 200 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Shixing China 3,600 Shuhi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Sherpa China 1,200 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan China 496,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ● 0.19 % 0.17 % Bible Portions 10
Thami China 600 Thangmi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Tibetan, Central China 952,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.04 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 19
Choni China 172,000 Choni Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.10 % Unspecified 3
Tu China 263,000 Tu Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 5
Tuvan China 4,400 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 677 Peoples   505,407,000     530 ●       5,926
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