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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

504,878,000

% of World Population

6.4 %

People Groups

683

Unreached Groups

531 (77.7 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale ▼		 % Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Oki-No-Erabu Japan 3,100 Oki-No-Erabu Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Unspecified 1
Okinawan, Ryukyuan Bolivia 2,500 Okinawan, Central Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.10 % Bible Portions 1
Oy Laos 25,000 Oy Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Unspecified 1
Pa-O Myanmar (Burma) 877,000 Pa'o Buddhism ● 1.70 % 0.30 % New Testament 18
Palaung, Pale Thailand 6,200 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Palaung, Rumai Myanmar (Burma) 161,000 Palaung, Rumai Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.20 % Bible Portions 3
Palaung, Shwe Myanmar (Burma) 236,000 Palaung, Shwe Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.12 % Unspecified 5
Pankhu, Panko Bangladesh 5,600 Pangkhua Buddhism ● 3.31 % Translation Started 1
Phu Thai Laos 229,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.04 % Translation Started 5
Phu Thai Thailand 493,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.10 % Translation Started 10
Phu Thai United States 56,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.10 % Translation Started 1
Pidayne Danno Sri Lanka 9,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.51 % Complete Bible 1
Rongkup Nepal 4,600 Lepcha Buddhism ● 3.56 % New Testament 1
Samtao Laos 3,600 Samtao Buddhism ● 0.17 % 0.17 % Translation Needed 1
Sartang India 4,000 Sartang Buddhism ● 1.50 % Translation Started 1
Shan India 2,000 Shan Buddhism ● 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Sherdukpen India 4,100 Sherdukpen Buddhism ● 0.74 % Translation Started 1
Sherpa Nepal 125,000 Sherpa Buddhism ● 4.22 % New Testament 2
Sherpa Helambu Nepal 2,900 Hyolmo Buddhism ● 1.38 % New Testament 1
Sinhalese Canada 20,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.80 % 1.50 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese China, Hong Kong 800 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Italy 60,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Maldives 2,700 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Malaysia 4,500 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese New Zealand 14,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 683 Peoples   504,878,000     531 ●       5,970
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