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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

505,980,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

666

Unreached Groups

510 (76.6 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Thai Laos 152,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.60 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 3
Tai Khun Laos 800 Khun Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % Bible Portions 1
Tai Khang Laos 28,000 Kang Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Khmer Laos 7,800 Khmer Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.60 % Complete Bible 1
Thai, Northern Laos 40,000 Thai, Northern Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Vietnamese Laos 130,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Kiorr Laos 5,100 Kiorr Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % Translation Needed 1
Lao Laos 3,614,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.50 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 72
Oy Laos 26,000 Oy Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Unspecified 1
Lao Phuan Laos 157,000 Phuan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Translation Started 3
Phu Thai Laos 237,000 Phu Thai Buddhism ● 0.50 % 0.04 % Translation Started 5
Samtao Laos 3,700 Samtao Buddhism ● 0.17 % 0.17 % Unspecified 1
So Laos 91,000 So (Laos) Buddhism ● 1.40 % 1.00 % Bible Portions 2
Tai He Laos 4,300 Language unknown Buddhism ☀︎ 0.05 % 0.05 % Unspecified 1
Tai Laan Laos 700 Language unknown Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.74 % Unspecified 1
Tai Nua, Chinese Shan Laos 15,000 Tai Nua Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Bru, Western Laos 91,000 Bru, Western Buddhism ● 12.00 % 8.00 % New Testament -
Thai, Isan Laos 9,400 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Tai Doi Laos 300 Tai Loi Buddhism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % Unspecified 1
Tai Kaleun Laos 3,500 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 7.00 % 5.41 % New Testament -
Nyaw Laos 19,000 Nyaw Buddhism ☀︎ 0.01 % 0.01 % Translation Needed 1
Tai Lue Laos 137,000 Lu Buddhism ☀︎ 0.10 % 0.10 % New Testament 3
Deaf Laos 77,000 Laos Sign Language Buddhism ● 3.38 % Unspecified 2
Kui Laos 51,000 Kuay Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.90 % New Testament 1
Khuen Laos 13,000 Khuen Buddhism ☀︎ 0.06 % 0.06 % Translation Needed 1
Totals: 666 Peoples   505,980,000     510 ●       5,879
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