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People Groups

7,186

% of World's
People Groups

41.6 %

Population

3,424,947,000

% of World Population

42.4 %
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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Blang Myanmar (Burma) 15,000 Blang Buddhism ● 1.90 % 0.80 % 1
Blang China 105,000 Blang Buddhism ☀︎ 0.06 % 0.06 % 2
Blang Thailand 1,400 Blang Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.40 % 1
Thai, Northern Laos 40,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Thai, Northern Thailand 7,787,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ● 0.20 % 0.03 % 156
Kikai Japan 12,000 Kikai Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.72 % 1
Vietnamese Bulgaria 1,600 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 5.00 % 0.40 % 1
Vietnamese Cambodia 835,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.17 % 17
Kiorr Laos 5,100 Kiorr Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % 1
Kunigami Japan 4,800 Kunigami Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % 1
Kurtokha Bhutan 2,200 Kurtokha Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyerung China 8,400 Kyerung Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kyerung Nepal 3,700 Kyerung Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Ladakhi China 600 Ladakhi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Lao Australia 12,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 1.90 % 1
Lao Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.90 % 1
Lao Cambodia 24,000 Lao Buddhism ● 1.40 % 0.30 % 1
Lao France 19,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.10 % 1
Lao New Zealand 1,600 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.90 % 1
Lao Thailand 62,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 2.00 % 1
Lao United States 216,000 Lao Buddhism ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 4
Lao Vietnam 18,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.40 % 0.03 % 1
Lao Song Thailand 37,000 Thai Song Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % 1
Rongkup Bhutan 3,000 Lepcha Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rongkup Nepal 4,700 Lepcha Buddhism ● 3.56 % 1
Loba Bhutan 2,300 Lhowa Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Loba Nepal 3,100 Lhowa Buddhism ● 0.19 % 1
Aheu Luang Thailand 1,600 Aheu Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rakhine Bangladesh 20,000 Rakhine Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rakhine Myanmar (Burma) 2,598,000 Rakhine Buddhism ● 0.10 % 0.05 % 52
Newah Bhutan 3,700 Nepali Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Manmet China 1,800 Man Met Buddhism ● 0.34 % 0.34 % 1
Miyako, Ryukyuan Japan 64,000 Miyako Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.51 % 1
Mon India 1,300 Ladakhi Buddhism ● 0.43 % 1
Mon Pakistan 1,300 Balti Buddhism ● 1.69 % 1.69 % 1
Mpi Thailand 1,600 Mpi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mru Myanmar (Burma) 25,000 Mru Buddhism ● 4.01 % 0.40 % 1
Amami-Oshima, Northern Japan 9,500 Amami-Oshima, Northern Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.45 % 1
Nyahkur Thailand 1,700 Nyahkur Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalmyk, Torgut China 108,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Kalmyk-Oirat Kyrgyzstan 5,200 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat Kazakhstan 500 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Mongolia 228,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.40 % 5
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol Russia 179,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 0.16 % 0.16 % 4
Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongol United States 1,000 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalmyk-Oirat Uzbekistan 900 Kalmyk-Oirat Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.00 % 1
Oki-No-Erabu Japan 3,100 Oki-No-Erabu Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Palaung, Pale Myanmar (Burma) 295,000 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.06 % 6
De'ang, Pale China 11,000 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ● 0.12 % 0.12 % 1
Palaung, Pale Thailand 6,400 Palaung, Ruching Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.93 % 1
Totals: 7,186 Peoples   3,424,947,270         71,685
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