What is Primary Religion?
People Groups
Total
636
Est. Population
of Adherents
502,097,000
People Groups Unreached
483
Est. Adherents in
Unreached Groups
236,749,000
People Groups Frontier
204
Est. Adherents in
Frontier Groups
13,513,000
| Photo | People Group | Country | Population | Primary Language | Primary Religion |
Scripture Status |
Progress Scale |
% Evangelical Range |
% Christian Adh Range |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Burakumin | Japan | 859,000 | Japanese | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 17 |
|
Japanese | United States | 864,000 | Japanese | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
5
|
10-50% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Pa-O | Myanmar (Burma) | 876,000 | Pa'o | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 18 |
|
Vietnamese | Cambodia | 881,000 | Vietnamese | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 18 |
|
Tibetan, Central | China | 931,000 | Tibetan, Central | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 19 |
|
Chuanqing | China | 995,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Mandarin | Myanmar (Burma) | 1,057,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 21 |
|
Mon | Myanmar (Burma) | 1,147,000 | Mon | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 23 |
|
Karava | Sri Lanka | 1,175,000 | Sinhala | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
2
|
-1 Unknown | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Min Nan | Singapore | 1,185,000 | Chinese, Min Nan | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
Karen, Pwo Eastern | Myanmar (Burma) | 1,186,000 | Karen, Pwo Eastern | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
5-10% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
|
Navandanna | Sri Lanka | 1,266,000 | Sinhala | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
2
|
-1 Unknown | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
|
Han Chinese, Mandarin | Singapore | 1,368,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
5
|
10-50% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Khmer | Vietnam | 1,385,000 | Khmer | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 28 |
|
Khmer, Northern | Thailand | 1,495,000 | Khmer, Northern | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
2
|
0.1-2% ● | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
|
Han Chinese, Min Nan | Thailand | 1,539,000 | Chinese, Min Nan | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
2-5% ● | 2-5% ● | -1 - |
|
Khampa Eastern | China | 1,583,000 | Tibetan, Khams | Buddhism | 4 New Testament |
0
|
0-0.1% ● | 0-0.1% ● | 32 |
|
Tamang | Nepal | 1,681,000 | Tamang, Eastern | Buddhism | 4 New Testament |
2
|
-1 Unknown | 5-10% ● | -1 - |
|
|
Vietnamese | United States | 1,754,000 | Vietnamese | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
2-5% ● | 10-50% ● | -1 - |
|
Burmese | Thailand | 2,308,000 | Burmese | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 46 |
|
Mongol, Khalka | Mongolia | 2,533,000 | Mongolian, Halh | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 2-5% ● | 51 |
|
Rakhine | Myanmar (Burma) | 2,604,000 | Rakhine | Buddhism | 4 New Testament |
1
|
0-0.1% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 52 |
|
Lao | Laos | 3,765,000 | Lao | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
4
|
2-5% ● | 2-5% ● | -1 - |
|
Shan | Myanmar (Burma) | 4,921,000 | Shan | Buddhism | 5 Complete Bible |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 98 |
|
Thai, Southern | Thailand | 5,330,000 | Thai, Southern | Buddhism | 3 Bible Portions |
1
|
0.1-2% ● | 0.1-2% ● | 107 |
| Totals: | 636 Peoples | 502,097,000 | 483 ◼︎ (204 ✸︎) | 5,757 |
