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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 Thailand 122,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Taiwan 225,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese United Kingdom 14,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Ukraine 3,500 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese United States 1,664,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Vietnamese Vietnam 80,690,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.40 % 1.40 % Complete Bible -
Vellidura Sri Lanka 1,200 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Uzemchin Mongolia 3,000 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Uuld Mongolia 8,900 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Uriankhai, Altai Mongolia 31,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Ugong Thailand 500 Ugong Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tuvans-Todzhans Russia 1,900 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tuvan, Uriankhai Mongolia 43,000 Tuvan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
Tuvan China 4,300 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tu China 262,000 Tu Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Bible Portions 5
Tsum Nepal 2,200 Tsum Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Tseku Bhutan 6,500 Tseku Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tseku China 15,000 Tseku Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.10 % Unspecified 1
Torgud Mongolia 16,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.70 % New Testament 1
Tondagattan Sri Lanka 1,500 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Toku-No-shima Japan 5,000 Toku-No-Shima Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.55 % Unspecified 1
Tokpegola Nepal 1,400 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Tibetan, Zhugqu China 50,000 Choni Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tibetan, Shanyan China 26,000 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tibetan, Shangri La China 104,000 Tibetan, Khams Buddhism ● 3.50 % 0.10 % New Testament 2
Totals: 688 Peoples   501,606,000     539 ●       5,879
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