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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

499,734,000

% of World Population

6.5 %

People Groups

677

Unreached Groups

529 (78.1 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent ▲		 %
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Ladakhi China 600 Ladakhi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Lama India 600 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Lama Pakistan 200 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Rongkup Bhutan 2,900 Lepcha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Loba Bhutan 2,200 Lhowa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Aheu Luang Thailand 1,600 Aheu Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Newah Bhutan 3,600 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Manmet China 1,800 Man Met Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Mon Pakistan 1,200 Balti Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Mpi Thailand 1,500 Mpi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Mugal Nepal 300 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Nyahkur Thailand 1,600 Nyahkur Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Kalmyk, Torgut China 194,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 4
Kalmyk-Oirat Kyrgyzstan 3,700 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Kalmyk-Oirat Kazakhstan 500 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sinhalese Australia 112,000 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 2
Sinhalese Denmark 7,800 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese India 4,600 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Khmu, Puman China 22,000 U Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Saek Thailand 21,000 Saek Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Samtao China 200 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Samtao Laos 3,400 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Sherpa Bhutan 9,700 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sherpa China 1,200 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sherpa United States 500 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Totals: 677 Peoples   499,734,000     529 ●       5,820
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