• Religion:  

Religion: Buddhism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

501,258,000

% of World Population

6.3 %

People Groups

686

Unreached Groups

534 (77.8 %)

Map Notes
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Progress Scale: ●●●●●   
☀
 = Frontier peoples
Photo People Group Country ▲ Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Vietnamese Denmark 9,800 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 10.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Sinhalese Denmark 7,100 Sinhala Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Drukpa, Dzongkha Denmark 700 Dzongkha Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Dominica 900 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Dominican Republic 1,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Burmese Finland 1,500 Burmese Buddhism ● 0.35 % 0.07 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Finland 7,000 Thai Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Finland 1,100 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.20 % 0.30 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Finland 11,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Thai France 10,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.30 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese France 30,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Khmer France 71,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 1.00 % 0.40 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese France 322,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Lao France 19,000 Lao Buddhism ● 3.00 % 0.10 % Complete Bible 1
Tibetan France 7,900 Tibetan, Central Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Thai Germany 21,000 Thai Buddhism ● 0.40 % 0.20 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Germany 25,000 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Khmer Germany 13,000 Khmer Buddhism ● 4.00 % 2.00 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Germany 187,000 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.80 % Complete Bible -
Japanese Greece 1,100 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.60 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Japanese Guam 2,700 Japanese Buddhism ● 1.50 % 0.50 % Complete Bible 1
Vietnamese Hungary 5,900 Vietnamese Buddhism ● 9.00 % 1.40 % Complete Bible -
Thai, Isan Iceland 1,600 Thai, Northeastern Buddhism ● 2.00 % 0.50 % New Testament 1
Burmese India 17,000 Burmese Buddhism ● 4.57 % Complete Bible 1
Chak India 400 Bengali Buddhism ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 686 Peoples   501,258,000     534 ●       5,943
  Download Data   Data Sources   Definitions
  Prayer Cards
  Prayer Guide
Disclaimers:
  1. Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome updates.
  2. Joshua Project occasionally adjusts profile text from third party sources. This is done to avoid confusion regarding the current reality of a people group, to fix grammar and spelling and to avoid potentially offensive wording.
  3. A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
  4. Data is not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
  5. Joshua Project makes every effort to ensure that the subject in an image is in fact from the specific people group. In rare instances a representative photo may be used.
  6. Joshua Project may be able to provide more information than what is published on this site. Please contact us.
  7. On-the-ground reality may vary from what is presented here. Before making travel plans based on data presented here, please confirm with other sources to the extent possible.
Peoples, Countries, Languages People Group
Lists Create
a List Global
Statistics Maps
 Definitions