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Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

503,505,000

% of World Population

6.5 %

People Groups

689

Unreached Groups

540 (78.4 %)

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Photo ▼ People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Sinhalese Italy 60,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Libya 16,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Oman 37,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 7.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Maldives 2,700 Sinhala Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.60 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Malaysia 4,400 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese New Zealand 1,100 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Qatar 56,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 3.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese Singapore 17,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 8.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Thailand 72,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 2.00 % 1.00 % Complete Bible 1
Sinhalese United States 11,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Singpho India 8,400 Singpho Buddhism ● 5.91 % Complete Bible -
Shixing China 3,600 Shuhi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Sherpa Helambu Nepal 2,400 Hyolmo Buddhism ● 1.38 % New Testament 1
Sherpa Bhutan 9,800 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sherpa China 1,200 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sherpa India 39,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 15.77 % Complete Bible -
Sherpa Nepal 105,000 Sherpa Buddhism ● 4.22 % New Testament 2
Sherpa United States 5,000 Sherpa Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Sherdukpen Bhutan 200 Sherdukpen Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Started 1
Sherdukpen India 3,500 Sherdukpen Buddhism ● 0.74 % Translation Started 1
Sharchop Bhutan 66,000 Tshangla Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 1
Samtao Myanmar (Burma) 11,000 Samtao Buddhism ● 7.00 % 5.40 % Translation Needed -
Samtao China 200 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Samtao Laos 3,500 Samtao Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Saek Thailand 21,000 Saek Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Totals: 689 Peoples   503,505,000     540 ●       5,917
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