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Population of Adherents

505,356,000

% of World Population

6.4 %

People Groups

680

Unreached Groups

531 (78.1 %)

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status ▼		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Sinhalese United States 11,000 Sinhala Buddhism ● 4.00 % 1.20 % Complete Bible 1
Sino-Burmese Myanmar (Burma) 17,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.70 % Complete Bible 1
Sherpa India 39,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 15.81 % Complete Bible -
Gurung Ghaleg Bhutan 9,700 Nepali Buddhism ● 3.87 % Complete Bible 1
Lawa, Western Thailand 8,900 Lawa, Western Buddhism ● 16.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible -
Karen, Pwo Eastern Myanmar (Burma) 1,178,000 Karen, Pwo Eastern Buddhism ● 30.00 % 5.88 % Complete Bible -
Karen, Pwo Eastern Thailand 57,000 Karen, Pwo Eastern Buddhism ● 35.00 % 4.00 % Complete Bible -
Tibetan Canada 9,600 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan, Central China 952,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.04 % 0.03 % Complete Bible 19
Tibetan India 100,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ● 0.28 % Complete Bible 2
Tibetan, Bhotia Nepal 2,600 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan Sweden 1,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan, Central Switzerland 8,200 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan, Central Taiwan 2,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan, Central United States 27,000 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.02 % 0.02 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan Bhutan 4,500 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Siyar Nepal 500 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tuvan China 4,400 Tuvan Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Tuvan, Uriankhai Mongolia 41,000 Tuvan Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.80 % Complete Bible 1
Yakha Bhutan 200 Nepali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Barua Bangladesh 24,000 Bengali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Barua India 1,300 Bengali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Bodh (Buddhist traditions) India 117,000 Ladakhi Buddhism ● 0.35 % Complete Bible 2
Bodh (Buddhist traditions) Pakistan 700 Ladakhi Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Bhote Nepal 13,000 Nepali Buddhism ● 1.40 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 680 Peoples   505,356,000     531 ●       5,918
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