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 %)
| Photo | People Group | Country | Population | Primary Language | Primary Religion |
Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Scripture Status |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tibetan Gtsang | China | 758,000 | Tibetan, Central | Buddhism | 0 ☀︎ | 0.02 % | 0.01 % | 5 Complete Bible | 15 |
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Gattara | Sri Lanka | 777,000 | Sinhala | Buddhism | 2 ● | 6.74 % | -1 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Han Chinese, Hakka | Indonesia | 782,000 | Chinese, Hakka | Buddhism | 4 ● | 29.00 % | 6.00 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Tai Lue | China | 804,000 | Lu | Buddhism | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.33 % | 4 New Testament | 16 |
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Vietnamese | Cambodia | 835,000 | Vietnamese | Buddhism | 1 ● | 3.00 % | 0.17 % | 5 Complete Bible | 17 |
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Japanese | United States | 847,000 | Japanese | Buddhism | 5 ● | 25.00 % | 15.00 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Burakumin | Japan | 860,000 | Japanese | Buddhism | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.20 % | 5 Complete Bible | 17 |
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Pa-O | Myanmar (Burma) | 873,000 | Pa'o | Buddhism | 1 ● | 1.70 % | 0.30 % | 4 New Testament | 17 |
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Tibetan, Central | China | 939,000 | Tibetan, Central | Buddhism | 0 ☀︎ | 0.04 % | 0.03 % | 5 Complete Bible | 19 |
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Han Chinese, Mandarin | Myanmar (Burma) | 989,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Buddhism | 1 ● | 2.00 % | 1.40 % | 5 Complete Bible | 20 |
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Chuanqing | China | 1,003,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Buddhism | 4 ● | 7.50 % | 6.80 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Karava | Sri Lanka | 1,100,000 | Sinhala | Buddhism | 2 ● | 7.40 % | -1 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Marma (Magh) | Bangladesh | 1,135,000 | Marma | Buddhism | 2 ● | 5.69 % | -1 | 4 New Testament | -1 - |
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Mon | Myanmar (Burma) | 1,154,000 | Mon | Buddhism | 1 ● | 0.90 % | 0.82 % | 5 Complete Bible | 23 |
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Karen, Pwo Eastern | Myanmar (Burma) | 1,181,000 | Karen, Pwo Eastern | Buddhism | 4 ● | 30.00 % | 5.88 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Navandanna | Sri Lanka | 1,185,000 | Sinhala | Buddhism | 2 ● | 7.28 % | -1 | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Singapore | 1,215,000 | Chinese, Min Nan | Buddhism | 4 ● | 10.00 % | 9.43 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Khmer | Vietnam | 1,349,000 | Khmer | Buddhism | 1 ● | 3.00 % | 1.87 % | 5 Complete Bible | 27 |
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Han Chinese, Mandarin | Singapore | 1,403,000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Buddhism | 5 ● | 12.00 % | 10.61 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Khmer, Northern | Thailand | 1,502,000 | Khmer, Northern | Buddhism | 2 ● | 8.00 % | 1.00 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Thailand | 1,546,000 | Chinese, Min Nan | Buddhism | 4 ● | 4.00 % | 2.66 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Khampa Eastern | China | 1,597,000 | Tibetan, Khams | Buddhism | 0 ☀︎ | 0.05 % | 0.01 % | 4 New Testament | 32 |
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Vietnamese | United States | 1,718,000 | Vietnamese | Buddhism | 4 ● | 36.00 % | 4.00 % | 5 Complete Bible | -1 - |
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Tamang | Nepal | 1,768,000 | Tamang, Eastern | Buddhism | 2 ● | 6.60 % | -1 | 4 New Testament | -1 - |
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Mongol, Khalka | Mongolia | 2,449,000 | Mongolian, Halh | Buddhism | 1 ● | 1.50 % | 0.86 % | 5 Complete Bible | 49 |
| Totals: | 666 Peoples | 505,980,000 | 510 ● | 5,879 |
