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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,589,000

% 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 *
Thai Spain 1,400 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Sweden 31,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Switzerland 8,700 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Thailand 21,256,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.27 % Complete Bible 425
Thai Taiwan 64,000 Thai Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Thai United Kingdom 26,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Ukraine 3,800 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai United States 183,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 4
Chak Bangladesh 3,000 Chak Buddhism ● 0.73 % Translation Needed 1
Chak, Thet Myanmar (Burma) 1,900 Chak Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.20 % Translation Needed 1
Chak India 300 Bengali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Chakma Bangladesh 434,000 Chakma Buddhism ● 15.13 % New Testament -
Chakma, Daingnet Myanmar (Burma) 29,000 Chakma Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Chakma India 217,000 Chakma Buddhism ● 4.91 % New Testament 4
Chaungtha Myanmar (Burma) 184,000 Rakhine Buddhism ● 0.10 % 0.07 % Bible Portions 4
Han Chinese, Min Bei Thailand 14,000 Chinese, Min Bei Buddhism ● 5.00 % 2.00 % New Testament 1
Han Chinese, Min Nan Myanmar (Burma) 72,000 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.50 % Complete Bible -
Han Chinese, Min Nan Singapore 1,184,000 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism ● 10.00 % 9.43 % Complete Bible -
Han Chinese, Min Nan Thailand 1,501,000 Chinese, Min Nan Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.66 % Complete Bible -
Chong Cambodia 1,600 Chong Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.30 % Unspecified 1
Chong Thailand 2,000 Chong Buddhism ● 0.80 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Chrame China 51,000 Pumi, Northern Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Dakpa Bhutan 4,400 Dakpakha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Dakpa India 100 Brokpake Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Danau Myanmar (Burma) 127,000 Danau Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % Translation Needed 3
Totals: 688 Peoples   501,589,000     539 ●       5,880
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