• Religion:  

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 %)

Map Notes
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Progress Scale: ●●●●●   
☀
 = Frontier peoples
Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical ▲		 Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Khampa, Northern China 153,000 Tibetan, Khams Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % New Testament 3
Khampa, Western China 271,000 Tibetan, Khams Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % New Testament 5
Qiang, Cimulin China 17,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Qiang, Luhua China 25,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Qiang, Mawo China 21,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Qiang, Yadu China 39,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Tibetan Gtsang China 771,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 15
Xiangcheng China 15,000 Qiang, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Unspecified 1
Nyaw Laos 18,000 Nyaw Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Translation Needed 1
Mongolian, Peripheral China 5,672,000 Mongolian, Peripheral Buddhism ☀ 0.04 % 0.02 % Complete Bible 113
Mongol, Khalka China 69,000 Mongolian, Halh Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Complete Bible 1
Monba, Cona China 45,000 Tshangla Buddhism ☀ 0.03 % 0.02 % New Testament 1
Tibetan, Central United States 27,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Complete Bible 1
Tai Laing Myanmar (Burma) 116,000 Tai Laing Buddhism ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % Translation Needed 2
Jiarong, Situ China 209,000 Jiarong Buddhism ☀ 0.03 % 0.03 % Bible Portions 4
Lao Vietnam 18,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.40 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan, Central China 955,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.04 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 19
Tibetan, Deqen China 123,000 Tibetan, Khams Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.04 % New Testament 2
Khampti, Khamti Shan Myanmar (Burma) 9,000 Khamti Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.04 % Unspecified 1
Phu Thai Laos 229,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.04 % Translation Started 5
Dawei, Tavoyan Myanmar (Burma) 464,000 Tavoyan Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.04 % Unspecified 9
Rakhine Myanmar (Burma) 2,739,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀ 0.10 % 0.05 % Bible Portions 55
Tai He Laos 4,200 Language unknown Buddhism ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % Unspecified 1
Khmu, Puman China 30,000 U Buddhism ☀ 0.05 % 0.05 % Unspecified 1
Burmese Canada 4,300 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.11 % 0.05 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 683 Peoples   504,878,000     531 ●       5,970
  Download Data   Data Sources   Definitions
  Prayer Cards
  Prayer Guide
Disclaimers:
  1. Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome updates.
  2. Joshua Project occasionally adjusts profile text from third party sources. This is done to avoid confusion regarding the current reality of a people group, to fix grammar and spelling and to avoid potentially offensive wording.
  3. A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
  4. The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
  5. Joshua Project makes every effort to ensure that the subject in an image is in fact from the specific people group. In rare instances a representative photo may be used.
  6. Joshua Project may be able to provide more information than what is published on this site. Please contact us.
  7. On-the-ground reality may vary from what is presented here. Before making travel plans based on data presented here, please confirm with other sources to the extent possible.
Peoples, Countries, Languages People Group
Lists Create
a List Global
Statistics Maps
 Definitions